English surname, atopographic name for someone who either lived near avillage green, or was just fond of thecolour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such asGermanGrün andGruen,DutchGroen,IrishÓhuainí (fromuaine, seeHonan), etc. The Irish surname was also erroneously translated fromÓFathaidh,ÓFathaigh, fromfaithche(“lawn”).
Green (countable anduncountable,pluralGreens)
- A common Englishsurname from Middle English.
2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, inThe New York Times Magazine[1], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on18 March 2020:When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with BenGreen of Oxford.
- A number of places in theUnited States:
- A minorcity inClay County,Kansas.
- Anunincorporated community inElliott County,Kentucky.
- Acity inSummit County,Ohio, formerly a township.
- Acensus-designated place inDouglas County,Oregon.
- A number oftownships in theUnited States, listed underGreen Township.
- (Oxford University, informal, historical)Ellipsis ofGreen College, Oxford.
- According to the 2010 United States Census,Green is the 41st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 430,182 individuals.Green is most common among White (56.8%) and Black (37.0%) individuals.
Green (notcomparable)
- (politics) Of, or pertaining, to aGreen Party orgreen party.
Green (pluralGreens)
- (politics) A member of aGreen Party orgreen party.
Borrowed fromEnglishgreen.
Green n (strong,genitiveGreens,pluralGreens)
- (golf)green,putting green
- Synonym:Grün
Declension ofGreen [neuter, strong]
- “Green” inDuden online
- “Green” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
