The grad Surname
grad Name Meaning and History
- Slovenian: topographic name from grad ‘castle’.
- Possibly also a Slovenian and Polish nickname from the obsolete noun grad ‘hail’ (in the sense ‘precipitation’).
- German: borrowing of 1 or alternatively a nickname either from Middle High German gratac ‘greedy’ or, in the south, from Middle High German gerade ‘swift’, ‘skillful’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German gerade ‘upright’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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