Grindley

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -ley (“lea”).

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