Grania: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Grania – Origin: Irish (Anglicized form of Gráinne) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: GRAWN-yuh


Grania is an Irish (Anglicized form of Gráinne) girl's name. It appears in our list of 150+ *Beautiful* Irish Girl Names (with Pronunciations).

Meaning & Origin of Grania

Origin: Irish (Anglicized form of Gráinne).

A common claim: Said to mean 'love' Actually: 'Love' isn't the etymology usually proposed by scholars for Gráinne — a link to 'grán' (grain) is suggested more often, though that too is uncertain.

How to Pronounce Grania

Phonetic: GRAWN-yuh   IPA: /ˈɡrɔːnjə/

Popularity of Grania

Grania doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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