Greaney
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Greany
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gráinne (“descendant of Gráinne”), a female personal name.
Proper noun
Greaney (countable and uncountable, plural Greaneys)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Greaney is the 19210th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1413 individuals. Greaney is most common among White (94.48%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greaney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.