Given name & surname
Greenan
“descendant of Grianán”
Greenan is a surname from Irish.
Original IrishÓ Grianáin
Meaning & origin
What it means
Greenan goes back to Irish Ó Grianáin, meaning “descendant of Grianán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Greenan as a surname developed from Ó Grianáin.
Greenan’s family of names
In English usage, Greenan as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Grianáin. In English usage, Greenan as a surname has a related form in GRENNAN. In English usage, Greenan as a surname has a related form in GRENNAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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