The graney Surname
graney Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Raighne ‘son of Raighne’, a pet form of Raghnall. MacLysaght describes this as a north Ulster name which is sometimes changed to Grant.
- Possibly a respelling of Swiss German Gräni, of unexplained origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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