[Surname] Re: Hargrave meaning
in reply to a message by Thomas
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'.