Gráinne Name meanings & History

Grace, charm, love. Possibly derived from Old Irish grán meaning "grain" or gráin meaning "hatred, fear". In the Irish legend The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne she escaped from her arranged marriage to Fionn mac Cumhaill by fleeing with her lover Diarmaid. Another famous bearer was the powerful 16th-century Irish landowner and seafarer Gráinne Ní Mháille (known in English as Grace O'Malley), who was sometimes portrayed as a pirate queen in later tales. Gráinne is primarily used in Ireland.

Zodiac Sign of Gráinne: Gregarious Gemini,Go-getter Virgo

Synonyms of Gráinne:

G: Go-getter,Goof-off,Genuine,Gregarious

R: Resourceful,Rational,Restless,Reason

A: Ambitious,Aggressive,Argumentative,Assertive,Action,Angry

I: Intimate,Involved,Indulgence

N: Nice,Neat,Nervous,Nitpicking,Nutrition,Neurosis,Nagging

E: Exaggerate,Enlighten,Environment,Entertain,Enliven,Expressive

Gráinne is:

• a Class name
• a Classic name
• a Complex name
• a Formal name
• a Natural name
• a Refined name
• a Serious name
• a Strange name
• a Strong name
• a Upper name
• a Wholesome name

Famous People

Gráinne Seoige is an Irish television presenter and Gráinne Murphy is an Irish swimmer.

Related Names to Gráinne

Grainne, Grania, Grace

Grace

Grania