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Granville

boy name · Old French origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

large settlement, big town; Granville Woods, prolific inventor nicknamed the 'Black Edison' for innovations including the multiplex telegraph

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Granville peaked in the 2020s.

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