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Subject: Re: The Surname Grellin
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 94.72.224.12)
Date: January 29, 2010 at 11:40:49 AM
Reply to: The Surname Grellin by Athena Nike
Grellin doesn't look like a name native to any of those countries, though there's always an outside chance. Grelin and Greslin are French surnames; and, according to Paul Reaney's Dictionary, there is an English surname, Grelling, which is a variant of Grilling. This last, according to same source, is a nickname from an Old English word meaning "fierce" or "cruel".

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