Grosh is a surname of several possible origins. It may be an Americanized spelling of Slavic and Germanic surnames derived from nicknames meaning " groschen". As such it may be either an occupational surname of a moneyer, money lender or money changer, or a nickname of a wealthy or greedy person. It may also be derived from the Ukrainian surname Groshok, or the Russian surname. [1]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Aaron B. Grosh (1803–1884), American Universalist minister and a founder of the Grange advocacy group
- John Grosh, American soccer player
- Richard J. Grosh (born 1927), American academic in mechanical engineering, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1971–1976
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Grosh is a surname of several possible origins. It may be an Americanized spelling of Slavic and Germanic surnames derived from nicknames meaning " groschen". As such it may be either an occupational surname of a moneyer, money lender or money changer, or a nickname of a wealthy or greedy person. It may also be derived from the Ukrainian surname Groshok, or the Russian surname. [1]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Aaron B. Grosh (1803–1884), American Universalist minister and a founder of the Grange advocacy group
- John Grosh, American soccer player
- Richard J. Grosh (born 1927), American academic in mechanical engineering, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1971–1976
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.