English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grassy
path, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + weye ‘path’
(see Way).Welsh: Anglicized form of the Welsh
personal name Goronwy, of unexplained origin.Translation of Dutch Groeneweg or German
Grüneweg, Gröneweg, topographic names with the
same meaning as 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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