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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GREENWAY

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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. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a grassy path, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + weye ‘path’ (see Way).
2. Welsh: Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Goronwy, of unexplained origin.
3. Translation of Dutch Groeneweg or German Grüneweg, Gröneweg, topographic names with the same meaning as 1.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)