Name
GREAT

Name GREAT

Between 1900 and 2022 there were 136 births of Great in the countries below, which represents an average of 1 births of children bearing the first name Great per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Great   
In Italiano Nome Great   


Information about the first name Great

The first name Great has been assigned to:
86.03% to boys
13.97% to girls
The country where the first name Great is the most common is:
IT Italy
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Great

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Great : Etgar, Garet, Geart, Gerta, Greta, Gréta, Retag, Tegra

Great in Japanese *

Romajiguriatto
Katakanaグリアット
Hiraganaぐりあっと
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Great in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Great

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”).
  • Cognate with Scots great (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German groß (“large”), Old English grēot (“earth, sand, grit”). Related to grit.
Adverb src :
  • great (not comparable)
  • (informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
  • Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.
Anagrams src :
  • 'Gater, Gater, Greta, ergat-, grate, retag, targe, terga
Interjection src :
  • great
  • Expression of gladness and content about something.
  • Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  • I am in my new apartment! Great!
  • sarcastic inversion thereof.
  • Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.
Noun src :
  • great (plural greats)
  • A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
  • Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
  • (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
  • (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.
  • My three-greats grandmother.
Pronunciation src :
  • enPR: grāt
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪt/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Homophone: grate(obselete)
  • (1700s) enPR: grīt, IPA(key): /ɡɹiːt/
  • (Early Modern English, 1500s–1600s) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛːt/, /ɡɹet/
Adjective (Antonyms) src :
  • (very big, large scale): tiny
  • (uncommonly gifted): mediocre, ordinary
Adjective (Descendants) src :
  • → Welsh: grêt
Adjective (Synonyms) src :
  • (augmentative): grand, super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla
  • See also Thesaurus:large
  • See also Thesaurus:excellent
  • gr8, grt (Internet slang, text messaging)
Adjective (Usage notes) src :
  • Moderating adverbs such as fairly, somewhat, etc. tend not to be used with great. Some intensifiers can be used with some senses of great; for example, a very great amount, a very great man, the party was really great, though not *the party was very great.
Noun (Antonyms) src :
  • (person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim): mediocre
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”).
  • Cognate with Old Saxon grōt (“large, thick, coarse, stour”), Old High German grōz (“large, thick, coarse”), Old English grot (“particle”). More at groat.
Adjective src :
  • grēat
  • great, massive
  • tall
  • thick; stout
  • coarse
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡræ͜ɑːt/
Adjective (Derived terms) src :
  • grēatnes
Adjective (Descendants) src :
  • Middle English: grete, greet; girt [dialectal], gert [dialectal]English: great, (dialectal) gert→ Welsh: grêtScots: great, greet, grete, greitYola: graat
Scots
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English grete, from Old English grēat, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective src :
  • great (comparative greater, superlative greatest)
  • great
  • coarse (in grain or texture)
  • (of things) thick, bulky, roomy
  • (of people) big, stout
  • (of a river) swollen with rain, in flood
  • (of the sea) high, stormy
  • intimate, friendly
Alternative forms src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ɡrɛt], [ɡrɪt]
  • (North Northern Scots) IPA(key): [ɡrit]
 

Popularity of the name Great

Number of GREAT births per year

Popularity of the name Great
Popularity of the name Great

Total births of Great by country

Births with the first name Great
Country
Boys
Girls
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
29
10
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
35
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
31
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
10
9
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
6
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
3
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
2
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Great

Total births of Great by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Great
Country
Boys
Girls
ITItaly
2021
4
0
ATAustria
2021
1
0
ABAlberta
2022
1
0

Comments on the name Great

Personalities with the first name Great

There is 0 personality with the first name Great


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Great

There are 8 actors and actresses with the first name Great
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Great Baba
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Great White
Great Kojika
Great Bob Scott

Rankings of first name GREAT by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1816IT Italy2021
#3800AT Austria2021
#5357AB Alberta2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name GREAT (female) births over the last year available in each country
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