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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GRANEY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Raighne ‘son of Raighne’, a pet form of Raghnall. MacLysaght describes this as a north Ulster name which is sometimes changed to Grant.
2. Possibly a respelling of Swiss German Gräni, of unexplained origin.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)