Interesting observation!
Gross, Langemann, Legrande?
Armstrong also.
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Fun fact, in Danish, we call the middle finger langemand.
Yeah I did think of Armstrong, although that's not quite rhe same thing. Still a pretty sweet last name though I feel like you kinda have to be some kind of craftsman with a name like that.
Or a wrestler
The last name Grant comes from French and means grand or big or giant.
As we know, Ariana Grande is 6'8" and has biceps like a regular man's thighs.
So Hugh Grant is just a large large person?
Yeah, but there is “Grossman”. In German “gross” or “groß” means big.
Also Dick, as in Philip K. Dick. In German Dick = thick = fat
Long?
Yes, Long meant tall in Old English and Old French.
Maybe not in English? Plenty of people are named Groß in the German speaking world.
Yeah, I don't think Groß (big) and Lang (long) are any less common than Klein (small) and Kurz (short)
Nonsense. There's the famous John Bigbooté.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Biggs is a surname
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In my German region are many family names called „Lange“ „Langer“ „Langes“ which means tall guy.
Last name Grande in spanish is "large"
Long, Large, Biggs, Tall are all English surnames
True, I did think of Long, although the etymology of that one isn't always clear. For Irish people apparently "Long" is derived from the Gaelic word for seafarer.
the surname Homan is sometimes derived from old German "hoh mann" which is literally "tall man" (hoh is related to high)
The 10th most common surname in the Netherlands is de Groot, which means the Big.
'Nagy' (which is one syllable, and 'gy' means something like a voiced, wet 'd', like the mid section of your tongue against the roof of your mouth) is one of the most common Hungarian surnames. It means 'big'. I have never heard of (the equivalent of) 'Tall', but 'Long' exists.
"Mr. Big"
Tangentially related... nicknames for tall. I have always like "stretch". And of course calling a big man tiny is just great.
Høj (meaning tall) is a fairly common last name in Danmark.
I had a teacher with the surname "Sizemore"
Cel-Mare in Romania aka "the big one".
Apologies if mistranslated. I'm not Romanian but I work with a lot of em and one of them has that last name as well as a candy bar there.
I knew a guy with the last name of long.
Mr. Biggs would like a word, too.
What about Fred Bigass?
The exception being Biggs, although I've never met a Biggs.
You must've not played many Final Fantasy's. Or watched a Star War.
There is the occasional Wide or Large.