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Grainer, absolutely rare, and Greiner, only slightly less rare, are from northern Italy, probably of Germanic origins could derive from nicknames related to the German word greinen (pronuncia grainen) which means to cry. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Grainer, Greiner is a German surname originating in Swabia and Thuringia and also present in Italy. Due to its etymology, different hypotheses are possible: 1. derivation from the ancient Swabian 'grynerisch' = grumpy, quarrelsome 2. ethnic from the Austrian city GREIN, 3. derivation from the German upper middle 'grien' = sand, and since sand is the glass and the first Greiners were glassblowers the Griener - Gryner - Greiner passage can be hypothesized, 4. from the verb 'greinen' = whining.
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