Last name: GRAIN

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GRAIN : This last name is indexed 75,008 times on Geneanet!

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GRAIN : 1: English: topographic name from Old Norse grein ‘inlet; fork in a river’ or a habitational name from some place with that or a similar name such as Grain (Kent).2: English: from the Old Norse personal name Grein literally ‘branch’ but also ‘discord’ or ‘discernment’.3: English: from Middle English grain ‘bud pimple pustule’ (Old French grain) possibly a nickname for a person with facial marks. From the late 16th century the name was augmented or possibly superseded by the name of the Protestant refugees from France and the Low Countries (see 4 below).4: French: nickname from Old French grain (from Frankish gram) ‘sad’ or from Old French grain ‘bud pimple pustule’ (compare 3 above).

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