Groat Family History
Groat Name Meaning
Scottish (Orkney and Caithness): nickname from Old Norse grautr ‘porridge’. Compare Grout . The word assumed a special meaning in Orkney and Shetland best shown in the use of the word grot which means ‘sediment of oil from fish livers or any thick mess’. Scottish: alternatively a variant for Grote . Americanized form of German Dutch or Danish Groth Groot and Grott or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname such as German Gradt (see Grad ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022