Granville

Meanings

1. An English surname from Old French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in various countries:
4. A coastal commune in Manche department, Normandy, France.
5. A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; named for Granville Henry John Knox, son of Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly.
6. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
7. The name of Vancouver, British Columbia until 1886; named for Granville Leveson-Gower.
8. A village in Saint James parish, Jamaica; named for English abolitionist Granville Sharp.
9. A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area and City of Parramatta, New South Wales; named for British statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.
10. A suburb of Maryborough in Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A village and township in Putnam County, Illinois; named for the town in Massachusetts.

Etymology

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).