Grennan

English

Etymology

• As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French grenon (“mustache”), from Vulgar Latin *granonem (“facial hair, mustache”), from Frankish *granu, from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, beard-hair, hair-tips, mustache”).

• As an Irish surname, variant of Greenan.

Proper noun

Grennan (plural Grennans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grennan is the 28049^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 854 individuals. Grennan is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grennan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83.