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[Surname] Hargrave meaning
Teutonic name, meaning: A title of honor in medieval times.— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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COPIED FROM PDF DOCUMENT Several names end in grave, meaning a steward or disposer; as Waldegrave, a steward of the forest; Margrave, a steward or warden of the marches or frontiers; Hargrave, the provider of an army. I think, however, that these names were not indigenous to England, but brought from Germany,
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Hargrave is a habitational names from any of a number of places called Hargrave or Hargreave, of which there are examples in Cheshire, Northamptonshire, and Suffolk; all are named with Old English hār ‘gray’ or hara ‘hare’ and grāf ‘grove’ or græfe 'thicket'.
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Could also be from Old English hara ‘hare’ + grāf ‘grove’ or græfe ‘thicket'
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