Green
Green
165,000
Population
#18
Country Rank
0.0%
of Population
British Names
Culture
Origin & History
Topographic or descriptive surname derived from Old English 'grēne', meaning 'green'. It most commonly indicated someone who lived near or on a village green — the central common land of an English settlement — though it could also refer to a person notable for wearing green clothing. It is distributed broadly across England with no strong regional concentration, reflecting its origin in a feature universal to English rural settlements.