Given name & surname · also Old French
Grennan
“mustache”
Grennan is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname of Norman origin, Grennan goes back to Old French grenon, meaning “mustache.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As an English surname of Norman origin, it comes from Old French grenon.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French grenon (“mustache”), from Vulgar Latin *granonem (“facial hair, mustache”), from Frankish *granu, from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, beard-hair, hair-tips, mustache”).
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Grennan’s family of names
In English usage, Grennan as a surname has a related form in GREENAN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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