Trainor

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.

Proper noun

Trainor (plural Trainors)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trainor is the 5136^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6816 individuals. Trainor is most common among White (93.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trainor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ran riot