Griner (surname)

Root
Anglicized form of German surname Greiner Meanings for Greiner: (see Name Lab - Greiner)
 * 1) South German: nickname for a cantankerous or quarrelsome person, from Middle High German grīner (squabbler, quarreler), an agent derivative of grīn (loud cry, shout).
 * 2) South German: habitational name for someone from a place called Grein (see Grein 2).