Grainger (surname)

Grainger is a surname of English origin.[1] It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff.[2] The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor.[2] This officer's Anglo-Norman title was grainger, and Old French grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary").[2]

## People surnamed Grainger

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* Allerdale Grainger (1848–1923), full name Henry Allerdale Grainger, newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
* Brian Grainger (born 1983), American musician
* Charles F. Grainger American mayor
* Colin Grainger (1933–2022), English footballer
* Daniel Grainger (born 1986), English footballer
* David Liddell-Grainger (1930–2007), Scottish politician
* Esther Grainger (1912–1990), Welsh artist
* Mark Grainger (born 1950), Builder/Developer
* Gail Grainger (born 1954), English actress
* George Grainger (cricketer) (1887–1977), English cricketer
* George Grainger (footballer) (1921–1998), Australian rules footballer
* George G. Grainger (1876–1944), American football player and coach
* Holliday Grainger (born 1988), English actress
* Ian Liddell-Grainger British, politician
* James Grainger (c. 1721–1766) Scottish poet and physician
* John Grainger (1830–1891), Irish cleric and antiquarian
* John Grainger (footballer, born 1912), English professional (soccer) footballer
* John Grainger (footballer, born 1924), English professional (soccer) footballer
* John Grainger (politician) (c. 1803–1872), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council
* John Harry Grainger, architect and civil engineer
* Katherine Grainger (born 1975), Scottish Olympic rower
* Martin Allerdale Grainger (1874–1941), English born Canadian journalist, author, forester
* Martin Grainger (born 1972), English (soccer) football player
* Natalie Grainger (born 1977), English professional squash player
* Nicholas Grainger (born 1994), English swimmer
* Oliver Grainger, Canadian voice actor
* Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born American composer and pianist
* Porter Grainger (1891–c.1955), African-American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher
* Richard Grainger, (1797–1861), British builder
* Roy Gordon Grainger (born 1962), New Zealand born, physicist
* Sam Grainger, (1924–1986), American comic book artist
* Thomas Grainger, (1794–1852), English civil engineer
* William W. Grainger (19??–19??), American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company

## Fictional people surnamed Grainger

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* Chlo Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road
* Mr. Ernest Grainger, fictional character on the television series Are You Being Served?
* Mika Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road
* Scott Grainger, Sr., character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless

## Notes

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1. ^ Grainger Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2007-12-01
2. ^ a b c Granger Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2007-12-01

## See also

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* Granger (name)

Surname list

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