The surname Gros may have several origins. French: a nickname for a big, fat person. In Several languages it is a spelling variant of Gername surname Gross. Groș is a Romanian-language word for "Large". See also Legros. Gros, Groș may refer the following notable people: Sara Gros Aspiroz (born 1983), Spanish ski mountaineer Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835), French painter Brigitte Gros (1925–1985), French journalist and politician Daniel Gros (born 1955), German economist Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793–1870), French ambassador and one of the first daguerreotypists Jules Gros (1890–1992), Breton linguist Jules Gros (journalist) (1890–1891), French journalist and President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana Piet Gros (born 1964), Dutch chemist References