Grout Family History
Grout Name Meaning
English (southeastern): perhaps a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in coarse meal from Middle English grout (Old English grūt) ‘crushed or peeled grain used for making malt infusion of malt wort a kind of thick dark ale’; compare the Old Norse personal name Grautr from grautr ‘porridge’. English: alternatively possibly a variant of Crout .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022