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  Granier Coat of Arms / Granier Family CrestThe surname of GRANIER was derived from the Irish MagRaighne, a mainly Leinster surname, which is also spelt as Magrane. The tradition of surnames in Ireland developed spontaneously, as the population increased and the former practice, first of single names and then of ephemeral patronymics or agnomina of the nickname type proved insufficiently definitive. At first the surname was formed by prefixing 'Mac' to the fathers Christian name or 'O 'to that of a grandfather or earlier ancestor. Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. They came into being fairly generally in the 11th century, and indeed a few were formed before the year 1000. The surnames in Ireland originally signified membership of a clan, but with the passage of time, the clan system became less distinct, and surnames came to identify membership of what is called a 'sept'; a group of people all living in the same locality, all bearing the same surname, but not necessarily descended from a common ancestor. Adoption of the name by people who did not otherwise have a surname and by dependants was not uncommon. Just over one hundred years after the Norman Conquest of England, the first Normans arrived in Ireland. Richard de Clare, Second Earl of Pembroke (died 1176), was known as Strongbow. He was invited to Ireland by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, whose daughter he married, to help him in his wars with his neighbours. He was accompanied by several retainers whose names, like his own, have become well established as surnames in Ireland. The Normans established themselves in Leinster and paid homage to Henry II of England. Some of the Norman settlers acquired surnames derived from the Irish. The surname in England was a baptismal name meaning 'the son of GRAIN'. In early documents relating to the name it appears to be familiar to the Yorkshire area. The name is also spelt GRAYNE, GRAYNSON, GRAIN, GRAYNEMAN and GRAINES. Early records of the name mention Willelmus de GRAYNE of Yorkshire who was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379, and Ricardus GRAYNSON appears in the same document. |
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