The granger Surname
granger Name Meaning and History
English and French: occupational name for a farm bailiff,
responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the
barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the
Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier,
from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica
‘granary’ (see Grange).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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