Grein — Family Name, Records and Arms

Grein sits within the Greiner family of names, which has German roots. Its meaning, shared with Greiner, is “Quarreller”.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Grein family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

A variant of Greiner

Records show Grein as one of the forms Greiner took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Greinert.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Grein surname had 762 bearers. INSEE counts 190 people born in France with the Grein surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1991–2000. Get the complete Grein report, with a museum-style coat of arms.