Gruenewald — Family Name, Records and Arms

Gruenewald? Think of it as Grunewald with a different pen. Its meaning, shared with Grunewald, is “Someone from a green wood, or a descendant of Gronwald”.

A variant of Grunewald

The extra “e” in Gruenewald is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Gruenwald, Grunwald and Gruhnwald.

Surname statistics

In the 2010 US Census, 555 Americans gave Gruenewald as their last name (rank 39,607).

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Gruenewald, so the heraldry linked to Grunewald is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Research your Gruenewald family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.