Surname Origin

The Green Surname


Meaning
dweller by the village green
Type
Locational
Root
Old English grene
Chiefly
Throughout England

From residence beside the green, the common grass at the centre of an English village. It could also be a nickname for someone who dressed in green.

Greene with an e is the same name, and in Ireland often stands in for Ó hUaithnín instead.

Bestow the name a title it never had

An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Green name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.

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