Grainger (name)
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Grainger is a surname
of English
origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger
which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff
. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor
. This officer's Anglo-Norman
title was grainger, and Old French
grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin
granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary
").
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger
Granger
-Places:In the United States:* Granger, Indiana* Granger, Iowa* Granger, New York* Granger, Texas* Granger Township, Ohio* Granger, a neighborhood in West Valley City, Utah* Granger, Washington* Granger, Wyoming-Other:...
which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff
Bailiff
A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
. This officer's Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman is the name traditionally given to the kind of Old Norman used in England and to some extent elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period....
title was grainger, and Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity. The English dictionary definition of Late Latin dates this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD extending in Spain to the 7th. This somewhat ambiguously defined period fits between Classical Latin and Medieval Latin...
granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary
Granary
A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. In ancient or primitive granaries, pottery is the most common use of storage in these buildings. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals.-Early origins:From ancient times grain...
").
People surnamed Grainger
- Anne Liddell-GraingerAnne Liddell-GraingerAnne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger is the mother of British politician Ian Liddell-Grainger and the daughter of Lady May Abel Smith. Her maternal grandparents were Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone and H.R.H.Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.She was born in Kensington Palace, the...
, (born 1932), - Charles F. GraingerCharles F. GraingerCharles F. Grainger was Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1901 to 1905. He became president of Grainger & Company, his family's iron foundry....
, American, mayor. - Chris GraingerChris GraingerChris Grainger is a Nashville-based record producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter. Grainger currently calls "Undertow" and "The Carport" studios in Nashville, TN home...
, (born 1971), music producer and songwriter. - Colin GraingerColin GraingerColin Grainger is an English former footballer. He was first cousins with fellow players Dennis Grainger, Jack Grainger and Edwin Holliday.-Club career:...
, (born 1933), English, footballer. - Daniel GraingerDaniel GraingerDaniel Leslie "Danny" Grainger is an English footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Hearts. He is an attacking minded left back.-Career:...
,(born 1986), English, footballer. - David Liddell-GraingerDavid Liddell-GraingerDavid Ian Liddell-Grainger KStJ, DL, FSA , a former Scottish politician, was the son of Henry Liddell-Grainger and Lady Muriel Felicia Vere Bertie, daughter of Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey....
, (1930–2007), Scottish, politician. - Gail GraingerGail GraingerGail Grainger is a British actress best remembered for her role as Miss Moira Plunkett, a travel courier in the 1972 comedy film Carry On Abroad.-Background:Gail Grainger took up dancing at the age of six and studied at a theatrical school...
, (born 1954), English, actress. - George GraingerGeorge GraingerGeorge Grainger was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1909 and 1921....
, (1887–1977), English, cricketer. - Holly Grainger, (born 1988), English actress.
- Ian Liddell-Grainger, British, politician.
- James GraingerJames GraingerJames Grainger Scottish doctor, poet and translator, is well-known figure in 18th century English literature. Grainger graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1753. He is best known for his poem "Sugar-Cane" . He lived in St. Kitts from 1759 on...
, (c.1721-1766) Scottish poet and physician. - Katherine GraingerKatherine GraingerKatherine Grainger MBE is a Scottish rower.Her family moved to Netherley, Aberdeenshire and Katherine represents Edinburgh's St Andrew Boat Club in rowing events. She trained on the River Dee, which has the distinction of being the only river she has fallen into whilst rowing.She is a three time...
, (born 1975), Scottish, Olympic rower. - Martin Allerdale GraingerMartin Allerdale GraingerMartin Allerdale Grainger was a Canadian journalist, forester and author. In literary circles, he is best known for his 1908 novel Woodsmen of the West, a realist work about the logging industry...
, (1874–1941), English born Canadian, journalist, author, forester. - Martin GraingerMartin GraingerMartin Grainger is a former English football player, he was a defender who ended his playing career with Birmingham City in December 2004...
, (born 1972), English, football player. - Natalie GraingerNatalie GraingerNatalie Grainger , also known for a period by her former married name Natalie Pohrer, is a professional female squash player....
, (born 1977), English, professional squash player. - Oliver GraingerOliver GraingerOliver Grainger is a Canadian child voice actor.He is the voice actor for the character Dongwa, Sagwa's older brother, on Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat....
, Canadian, voice actor. - Percy GraingerPercy GraingerGeorge Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...
, (1882–1961), Australian-born American, composer and pianist. - Richard GraingerRichard GraingerRichard Grainger was a builder in Newcastle upon Tyne. He worked together with the architects John Dobson and Thomas Oliver, and with the town clerk, John Clayton, to redevelop the centre of Newcastle in the 19th century...
, (1797–1861), British, builder. - Sam GraingerSam GraingerSamuel E. Grainger was an American comic book artist best known as a Marvel Comics inker during the 1960s and 1970s periods fans and historians call, respectively, the Silver Age and the Bronze Age of Comic Books...
, (1924–1986), American, comic book artist. - William W. GraingerW. W. GraingerW. W. Grainger, Inc. is a Fortune 500 industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Grainger's catalog includes such offerings as motors, lighting, material handling, fasteners, plumbing, tools, and safety supplies. Revenue is generally from business to business sales rather than...
, (19??–19??), American, founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company.
Fictional people surnamed Grainger
- Becky Granger, fictional character on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street.
- Chlo Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road.
- Mika Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road.
- Scott Grainger, Sr., character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless.
- Hermione GrangerHermione GrangerHermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
, character from the Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
series of books by J.K. Rowling.