Grippi

Borrowed from Italian Grippi.

Grippi (plural Grippis)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grippi is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Grippi is most common among White (95.72%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grippi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87.

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Compare German Grippe, Dutch griep.

Grippi n

1. (Uri) influenza, illness

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 38.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Grippi m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024