Traynor (surname)

Traynor (also Trainor, Trainer, Trener, Trinor, Tronor, Trynor, Triner, Trinner, MacTreanor, MacCreanor, and McCrainor) is a surname of Irish, Ulster Scots and English origin. It means "strong armed man" in Ulster Gaelic. The Irish version of the name is descended from the Colla Da Crioch^[1] and is first 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. Other Traynors may be descendants of Clan Armstrong and came to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster. A third version is from the pre-7th century Olde English 'trayne' meaning to trap or snare, and hence a name for a hunter.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

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, Irish bantamweight boxer, winner of the bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor (1899-1972), professional baseball third baseman
• Jay Traynor (1943–2013), American singer
• John Traynor (criminal) (born 1948), Dublin criminal who was a contact for murdered journalist Veronica Guerin
• 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
• Thomas Traynor (1881-1921), member of the Irish Republican Army hanged in Mountjoy Prison
• Oscar Traynor (1886–1963), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and revolutionary
• Joanna Traynor, UK-born Nigerian-Irish author of Sister Josephine, Divine and Bitch Money
• James 'Jim' Sexton Traynor (born 1958), Scottish sports journalist of newspaper and radio
• Tommy Traynor (1933-2006), Southampton footballer
• Robert Terence 'Bobby' Traynor (born 1983), English footballer for Kingstonian Football Club
• Kyle Traynor (born 1986), Scottish rugby union player
• Dayle Traynor (born 1986), British visually impaired Rally Co-Driver
• John "Jack" Traynor, Royal Marine whose paralysed legs recovered at Lourdes
• William Bernard Traynor VC (1870-1956), English soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy during the Boer War
• William Bernard Traynor (1886-1969), President of the Chicago Board of Education, Vice President Swift & Co.
• 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
• Patrick F. Trainor (1864–1902), New York politician
• Rick Trainor (born 1948), British professor of social history
• Saxon Trainor (born 1969), American television actress
• Dennis Trainor (born 1968), popular Canadian actor

References

1. http://www.carrolloforiel.com/colla-da-crioch.html
2. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Traynor
3. http://www.angelfire.com/my/tray/
4. http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID<?php echo 834159r127?
5. http://www.peterspioneers.com/colla.htm
6. Annals of the Four Masters