English: nickname or topographic name from Middle English
grene + man ‘man’ (see Green).
Probably a
translation of German Grunemann or Grünemann,
possibly a topographic name with the same sense as Grönland
(see Greenland), or a habitational name for someone from any of
numerous places named Grüna, Grünau, or Grüne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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