Meaning and Origin
What does the name Green mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Green
User Submitted Origins
English
75%
Greek
8%
Anglo-Saxon
8%
Hebrew
8%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Alaska, U.S. says the name Green is of English origin and means "A color thats in every living tree".
- A submission from California, U.S. says the name Green means "Life, living, alive".
- A submission from Georgia, U.S. says the name Green means "A common color found in nature that can be formed by the mixing of the primary colors blue and yellow" and is of English origin.
- A submission from New Jersey, U.S. says the name Green means "The color, green" and is of English origin.
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Green is of English origin and means "The colour of life".
- A submission from Australia says the name Green means "Grass of wisdom" and is of English origin.
- According to a user from Iowa, U.S., the name Green is of Greek origin and means "Ripe;mature".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Green
Senses
- Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
- Having a sickly color; wan."To look so green and pale." [Shak.]
- Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. "As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation." [Burke.]
- Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
- Not roasted; half raw.(R)"We say the meat is green when half roasted." [L. Watts. ]
- Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment."I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs." [Sir W. Scott. ]
- Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
- [Politics] Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties.
Etymology: OE. grene, AS. grēne; akin to D. groen, OS. grōni, OHG. gruoni, G. grün, Dan. & Sw. grön, Icel. grænn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.
noun Green
Senses
- The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
- A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green ."O'er the smooth enameled green." [Milton.]
- Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural."In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers." [Pope.]
- pl.Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
verb Green
To make green.
verb Green
To become or grow green.
Other Dictionary Sources
- Street names for ketamine
- Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- An area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course ("the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker")
- A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
- An environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
- Turn or become green ("The trees are greening")
- Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass ("a green tree", "green fields", and "green paint")
- Not fully developed or mature; not ripe ("fried green tomatoes" and "green wood")
- Naive and easily deceived or tricked
- Looking pale and unhealthy ("you're looking green" and "green around the gills")
- Concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
Wiktionary
A topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour.
- A common English surname.