Grain Family History

English: topographic name from Old Norse grein ‘inlet; fork in a river’ or a habitational name from some place with that or a similar name such as Grain (Kent). English: from the Old Norse personal name Grein literally ‘branch’ but also ‘discord’ or ‘discernment’.

English: from Middle English grain ‘bud pimple pustule’ (Old French grain) possibly a nickname for a person with facial marks. From the late 16th century the name was augmented or possibly superseded by the name of the Protestant refugees from France and the Low Countries (see 4 below).

French: nickname from Old French grain (from Frankish gram) ‘sad’ or from Old French grain ‘bud pimple pustule’ (compare 3 above).