Grainger is a surname of English origin.Grainger Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2007-12-01 It is a variant of the surname Granger, which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff.Granger Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 2007-12-01 The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This officer's Anglo-Norman title was grainger, and Old French grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary").
People Henry Allerdale Grainger (1848–1923), newspaper editor and politician in South Australia Brian Grainger (born 1983), American musician Charles F. Grainger American mayor Colin Grainger (1933–2022), English footballer Daniel Grainger (born 1986), English footballer David Liddell-Grainger (1930–2007), Scottish politician Esther Grainger (1912–1990), Welsh artist Gail Grainger (born 1954), English actress Gawn Grainger (1937–2025), Scottish actor, playwright and screenwriter George Grainger (cricketer) (1887–1977), English cricketer George Grainger (footballer) (1921–1998), Australian rules footballer George G. Grainger (1876–1944), American football player and coach Holliday Grainger (born 1988), English actress Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1912) (1912–1976), English professional (soccer) footballer Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1924) (1924–1983), English professional (soccer) footballer James Grainger (c. 1721–1766) Scottish poet and physician John Grainger (antiquarian) (1830–1891), Irish cleric and antiquarian John Grainger (politician) (c. 1803–1872), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council John Harry Grainger (1854–1917), Australian architect and civil engineer Katherine Grainger (born 1975), Scottish Olympic rower Martin Allerdale Grainger (1874–1941), English born Canadian journalist, author, forester Martin Grainger (born 1972), English (soccer) football player Natalie Grainger (born 1977), English professional squash player Nicholas Grainger (born 1994), English swimmer Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born American composer and pianist Peter Grainger, pen name of Robert Partridge, English novelist Porter Grainger (1891–c.1955), African-American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher Richard Grainger, (1797–1861), British builder Roy Gordon Grainger (born 1962), New Zealand born, physicist Sally Grainger (fl. 2025), English food historian Sam Grainger, (1924–1986), American comic book artist Thomas Grainger, (1794–1852), English civil engineer W. W. Grainger (19??–19??), American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company
Fictional characters Chlo Grainger, on the television series Waterloo Road Mr. Ernest Grainger, on the television series Are You Being Served? Mika Grainger, on the television series Waterloo Road Scott Grainger, Sr., on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
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See also Ian Liddell-Grainger, British, politician