indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location & ornamental)
Usage German, German (Swiss), Jewish
Meaning & History
German and Swiss German (Grünwald): habitational name from any of various places named Grün(e)wald, from Middle High German gruene ‘green’ + walt ‘wood’, ‘forest’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental surname, with the same meaning as above.