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TREEN Family History

This very interesting surname is recorded in several spellings including Trin, Treen, and Train. It has three possible origins, English, French and Scottish, and for any particular nameholder, only extensive genealogy could decide the true national origination. The first derivation is from the Old French "traine", a word introduced after the 1066 Norman Invasion of England, and generally used as a metonymic or nickname for a trapper or hunter of wild animals. one who has to use skill and guile in his work.