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Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 4 Send Message	Nigel	Report	11 Jun 2008 00:50
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 4 Send Message	Does anyone know where/when the name GREEN comes/came from etc etc etc Please Thanks Nigel
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Amanda	Report	31 Jul 2008 08:14
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	As far as I've always been told, it's an Armargh name. But it probably arose in a few places.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	31 Jul 2008 09:56
	The Green family surname is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames, either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grene) or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, Middle English grene (a transferred use of the color term). Imagine 3 men in a village called John. One was a blacksmith, one lived by the green and one was the son of William To differentiate between them, they would probably be known as John Smith, John Green and John Williamson. Therefore I doubt that the surname Green originates from one place on particular as there were village greens everywhere. Google is a wonderful tool! Sam x