Groot (surname)

Groot (Legrand in French) is a Dutch surname. Groot (pronounced [ɣroːt]) means "big" in Dutch and was originally the name for a tall person. The name is most common in the province of North Holland.[1] It may refer to:

* Ana María Groot (born 1952), Colombian historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist
* Anna Maria Groot (born 1952), Dutch model, Miss Europe of 1973
* Cees Groot (1932–1988), Dutch footballer, brother of Henk
* Chantal Groot (born 1982), Dutch swimmer
* Cor Groot (1899–1978), Dutch Olympic sailor
* Cornelia Groot (born 1988), Dutch team handball player
* Denise Groot [nl; pl] (born 1990), Dutch pole vaulter
* Ed Groot (born 1957), Dutch journalist and politician
* Gerard Groot (1340–1384), Dutch Roman Catholic deacon, founder of the Brethren of the Common Life
* Henk Groot (1938–2022), Dutch footballer, brother of Cees
* Jacob Groot (1812–1893), Russian philologist
* Marike Groot (born 1968), Dutch singer
* Nycke Groot (born 1988), Dutch handball player
* Roger Groot (1942–2005), American law professor
* Tjade Groot (born 1973), Dutch cricketer

## See also

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* De Groot

## References

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1. ^ Groot at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands

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Surnames associated with the Latin word grossus or Old High German grōz

Great, Big,
Thick, Tall|

| Germanic|

* Groos
* Grooss/Grooß

* Gross/Groß
* Grosse/Große
* Grossen
* Grosser/Großer
* Groesser/Grösser

* Groth
* Grothe
* Groot/De Groot
* Groote/De Groote
* Grote

* Grossfeld
* Groisman/Groysman
* Grosskopf/Großkopf
* Grossman/Großman/Grossmann/Großmann/Grosmann
* Grossmith

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Romance|

* Gros/Groș
* Legros/LeGros/Le Gros
* Grose
* Grosso
* Grosu/Grossu
* Grueso/Gruezo
* Delgrosso

Other|

* Estonian: Kross
* Hungarian: Grósz
* Polish Jewish: Grosz

Money|

* Grosch
* Grosh
* Groshev
* Grosz
* Groszek

Similar
but unrelated|

* Grassmann/Grassman
* Kross
* Kroos
* Goss

Additional meaning|

Grose

Surname list

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