Grainne

GRAWN-ya, GRON-ya
Irish
"grain or love"

Grainne Origin and Meaning

The name Grainne is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "grain or love".

Grainne is the Irish form of the name often Anglicized as Grania. It was the name of the ancient grain goddess and also of the fiancee of mythological hero Finn McCool and lover of Dermot, who was a heroine of the seas.

In the past, the name was anglicized as Grace, as in Grace O'Malley, Ireland's pirate queen. Grania is a phonetic spelling.

Grainne Popularity

Famous People Named Grainne

  • Grainne (or Grace) O'Malley
    Irish 16th,century pirate queen
  • Grainne Murphy
    Irish singer of music group Cherish The Ladies
  • Gráinne Yeats
    Irish harpist and singer; daughter,in,law of the poet W.B. Yeats
  • Gráinne Louica Duffy
    Irish singer,songwriter
  • Grainne Kierans
    Irish footballer
  • Grainne Mary Clancy
    Irish cricketer
  • Gráinne Seoige
    Irish TV journalist
  • Grainne Maire Leahy
    Irish cricketer
  • Grainne Byrne
    Irish theatre director
  • Grainne O'Flynn
    Canadian actress of The Gay Woman Channel on YouTube

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