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Definition: A dit name for GARNIER which means 1) keeper of the grainery, from the Old French "gerner or gernier," meaning storehouse for corn. 2) From the germanic "warin heri," meaning valiant warrior.

Surname Origin: French

Alternate Surname Spellings: GARNIER, GREENYA, GRENNIER, GERNER, GRENER

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GRENIER Surname Mailing List
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References: Surname Meanings & Origins

Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967.

Dorward, David. Scottish Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998.

Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003.

Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1997.

Smith, Elsdon C. American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.

 

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