Greening Family History
Greening Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Dorset): nickname perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English grening a derivative of grene ‘green’ (Old English grēne) i.e. ‘the green one’ whether physically or metaphorically ‘green’. English: alternatively from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Grening a derivative (originally patronymic) of the Middle English personal name Grene. See Green . Americanized form of German Grüning a variant of Groening .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022