Gráinne (given name)

Gráinne is a female first name from Ireland.

The origin of the name is not clear, but it is believed that the name goes back to an ancient grain goddess (see also awn ). The current spelling of the name is identical with the word neuirischen Gráinne for grain or grains The name appears in Irish mythology in the form of Gráinne, daughter of the legendary High King of Ireland Cormac mac Airt. A well-known historical figure who bears the name, the pirate queen Gráinne Ní Mháille, which is known by its English name version as Grace O'Malley. The various forms of the name anglicised as Granya, Grace, Gertrude or Gertie are merely phonetic allusions without further context. The name has experienced in Ireland in recent decades, a Renaissance, so that they often met in public life in Ireland today.