Grainger (surname)

Grainger is a surname of English origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. 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 surnamed Grainger

 * Allerdale Grainger (1848–1923), full name Henry Allerdale Grainger, 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
 * Mark Grainger (born 1950), Builder/Developer
 * Gail Grainger (born 1954), English actress
 * 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
 * Ian Liddell-Grainger British, politician
 * James Grainger (c. 1721–1766) Scottish poet and physician
 * John Grainger (1830–1891), Irish cleric and antiquarian
 * John Grainger (footballer, born 1912), English professional (soccer) footballer
 * John Grainger (footballer, born 1924), English professional (soccer) footballer
 * John Grainger (politician) (c. 1803–1872), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council
 * John Harry Grainger, 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
 * Oliver Grainger, Canadian voice actor
 * Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born American composer and pianist
 * 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
 * Sam Grainger, (1924–1986), American comic book artist
 * Thomas Grainger, (1794–1852), English civil engineer
 * William W. Grainger (19??–19??), American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company

Fictional people surnamed Grainger

 * Chlo Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road
 * Mr. Ernest Grainger, fictional character on the television series Are You Being Served?
 * Mika Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road
 * Scott Grainger, Sr., character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless