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Type Surname (from nickname & from location)
Usage German (Anglicized), Jewish
Scripts גרינער(Yiddish)
Other Forms FormsGreiner, Grein, Grine, Green, Greene, Gruen, Grün, Groen, Grön, Greener, Grien, Grenier, Greinen, Greinier, Grain, Grin, Grine, Griener, Grainer, Grene, Gryner, Grener, Graine, Griene, Greine, Grinie, Greenier, Grüner, Gruener, Groene, Grone, Grona, Gruene, Grundel, Grunder, Grundler, Grinier, Grinder, Grindel, Grindle, Grinde
Meaning & History
Americanised form of German Greiner. It could also denote a person who came from various German places called Grüna or Grünau. In Jewish, it is a topographic name for someone who lived in a green of leafy area, derived from Yiddish grin meaning "green" or Middle High German gruene meaning "greenery".