Traynor (surname)
Traynor (also Trainor, Trainer, Treanor, Trener, Trenor, Trinor, Tronor, Trynor, Triner, Trinner, MacTreanor, MacCreanor, and McCrainor) is a surname of English and Irish origin. It descends from "Threin Fhir" means "strong man" in Irish Gaelic. 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. Legends from Clogher, Tyrone, Northern Ireland associate the name with Aedh Mac Cairthinn, the first Bishop of Clogher.
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. 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 (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
- James 'Jim' Sexton Traynor (born 1958), Scottish sports journalist of newspaper and radio
- Jay Traynor (1943–2013), American singer
- 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
- John "Jack" Traynor, Royal Marine whose paralysed legs recovered at Lourdes
- Kyle Traynor (born 1986), Scottish rugby union player
- 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
- Robert Terence 'Bobby' Traynor (born 1983), English footballer for Kingstonian Football Club
- 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
- 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