Gráinne (given name)

Gráinne
	Gráinne in a Gaelic type.
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	Irish
Other names
Anglicisation(s)	Grace, Gertrude, Gertie

Gráinne is a feminine given name in the Irish language. The name is of an uncertain origin, although it is possible that it may be connected with the word "Ghrian", meaning "the Sun". In Irish legend, Deorghrianne (a Tear of the Sun), is the daughter of Fiachna, Son of Betach. The name is also borne by a famed character in Irish mythology—Gráinne, who was the daughter of Cormac mac Airt, a legendary High King of Ireland.[1]

The name can be Latinised as Grania; and can be Anglicised as Granya.[1] The name Gráinne can also be represented in English as Grace, Gertrude, and Gertie.[2] These English names are etymologically unrelated to Gráinne.[1] Gráinne is pronounced as 'Grawn-ya' in all dialects bar Ulster Irish where it is pronounced as 'Grah-nya'.

Bearers of the name

Gráinne, daughter of Cormac mac Airt
Gráinne Ní Mháille (c.1530–c.1603), Queen of Umaill, Chieftain of the Clan Ó Máille, and pirate. Also known as 'The Pirate Queen'
Grainne Clancy (born 1961), Irish cricketer
Gráinne Conole (born 1964), Irish academic.
Grainne Duffy, singer-songwriter
Grainne Gallanagh (born 1994), Irish model
Grainne Godfree, American television writer
Grainne Kierans, (born 1978), Irish international footballer.
Grainne Leahy (born 1966), Irish cricketer
Grainne McGoldrick, Irish camogie player.
Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966), Irish composer.
Gráinne Murphy (born 1993), Irish swimmer.
Gráinne Seoige (born 1973), television presenter.

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References

Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 110, 113, 349, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
Gráinne, Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 9 November 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), Irish Names and Surnames

External links

http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Grainne.shtml

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[Hanks-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 110, 113, 349, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

[2] Gráinne, Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 9 November 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), Irish Names and Surnames