Traynor (surname)
Traynor (also Trainor, Trainer, Treanor, Trener, Trenor, Trinor, Tronor, Trynor, Triner, Trinner, MacTreanor, MacCreanor, and McCrainor) is a surname of Irish or English[1] [2][3] origin.
The Irish name descends from "Threin Fhir" which means "strong man" in Irish Gaelic. It is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters compiled in the years 1632-1636 at the convent of Donegal, by the chief author, Michael O'Clery, a monk of the order of St. Francis [4] and may have descended from the Colla Dá Crich[5].
Common in Monaghan, and to a lesser extant throughout Ulster, the name is associated with Kelley, Madden and other Ui Maine ancestry. All male Traynors tested to date with Family Tree DNA Big Y project have traced their Y-DNA to z2961+ m222- R-FGC6562+ [6] as a adjunct branch of the Ui Maine haplogroup descending from Máine Mór. Legends from Clogher, Tyrone, Northern Ireland associate the name with Aedh Mac Cairthinn, the first Bishop of Clogher who was called Saint Patrick's "strong man".
The English version of the name may descend from the old English word "trayne" which means to trap or snare and may have been the name for a hunter. The English surname may have been brought to Ireland through English settlers.[7] The name was recorded in the 13th century on tax records in County Durham and in Yorkshire as well. Yorkshire was probably one of the first strongholds for the English family branch[8].
The Trénor family name originates with Thomas Trenor Keating who emigrated from Ireland to Valencia, Spain in 1823.
Scot Traynors may be descendants of Clan Armstrong and came to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster. [9] [10] [11]
People
Traynor
- Arnold Traynor (1896-1976), Australian rugby league footballer
- Bradley Traynor (born 1975), known as Wanda Wisdom, podcasting drag queen
- Charles "Chuck" E. Traynor (1937-2002), American pornographer, ex-husband of Linda Lovelace, then Marilyn Chambers
- Chris Traynor (born 1973), hardcore metal guitarist from Long Island, New York
- Donna Traynor, journalist, anchor on BBC Newsline
- Frank Traynor (1927–1985), Australian jazz musician
- Frank Traynor, Irish bantamweight boxer, winner of the bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor (1899-1972), professional baseball third baseman
- John "Jack" Traynor, Royal Marine whose paralysed legs recovered at Lourdes
- Jay Traynor (1943–2013), American singer
- James 'Jim' Sexton Traynor (born 1958), Scottish sports journalist of newspaper and radio
- Joanna Traynor, UK-born Nigerian-Irish author of Sister Josephine, Divine and Bitch Money
- John Traynor (criminal) (born 1948), Dublin criminal who was a contact for murdered journalist Veronica Guerin
- Kyle Traynor (born 1986), Scottish rugby union player
- Michael Traynor (1917 – 1970) was a leading member of Sinn Féin in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Oscar Traynor (1886–1963), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and revolutionary
- Paul Traynor (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Philip Andrew Traynor (1874–1962), American dentist and politician for the Democratic party from Wilmington, Delaware.
- Roger J. Traynor (1900–1983), served on the Supreme Court of California
- Susan Traynor (born 1944), also known as Noosha Fox, lead singer for the rock band Fox
- Robert Terence 'Bobby' Traynor (born 1983), English footballer for Kingstonian Football Club
- Thomas Traynor (1881-1921), member of the Irish Republican Army hanged in Mountjoy Prison
- Tommy Traynor (1933-2006), Southampton footballer
- William Bernard Traynor VC (1870-1956), English soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy during the Boer War
- W. J. H. Traynor (1845-?), notable Orange Order member and leader of anti-Catholic and anti-Irish nativist group in the United States and Canada called the American Protective Association
Trainor
- Bernard E. Trainor (born 1928), American Marine Corps general and media military analyst
- James H. Trainor (1935–2003), American physicist and NASA scientist
- Jerry Trainor (born 1977), American film and television actor
- Kendall Trainor (born 1967), American college football player
- Kevin Trainor, Irish actor
- Larry Trainor (1905-1975), American Trotskyist and Socialist Workers Party activist
- Mary Ellen Trainor (born 1950), American actress
- Meghan Trainor (born 1993), American singer-songwriter
- Mike Trainor (born 1981), American stand-up comedian and writer.
- Patrick F. Trainor (1864–1902), New York politician
- Rick Trainor (born 1948), British professor of social history
- Saxon Trainor (born 1969), American television actress
Treanor
- Jack Treanor (1922–1993), Australian cricketer
References
- ^ The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small By Michael C. O'Laughlin https://books.google.com/books?id=mZt3oGtk1KgC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=traynor+irish&source=bl&ots=otYwBqTrtm&sig=sjM-_d1qwZF5xBtrBWiLea4nGRs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig8IrS_qzWAhVn4oMKHWajCJ44ChDoAQhjMBA#v=onepage&q=traynor%20irish&f=false
- ^ https://www.houseofnames.com/traynor-family-crest/English
- ^ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Trainor#ixzz1ejCPBY4G
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters
- ^ http://www.carrolloforiel.com/colla-da-crioch.html
- ^ http://www.ytree.net/DisplayTree.php?blockID=556
- ^ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Trainor#ixzz1ejCPBY4G
- ^ op. cit. http://www.surnamedb.com
- ^ http://www.angelfire.com/my/tray/
- ^ http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID<?php echo 834159r127?
- ^ http://www.peterspioneers.com/colla.htm
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