Grave

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Grave 1
not set
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Occupational name from Middle English greyve "steward", from Old Norse greifi or Low German greve
Added 2/19/2008 by LuzC

Grave 2
not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Topographic name, a variant of Grove.
Added 2/19/2008 by LuzC

Grave 3
not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage French

Meaning & History

Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of gravelly soil, from Old French grave "gravel" (of Celtic origin).
Added 2/19/2008 by LuzC

Grave 4
not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage German

Meaning & History

Either from the northern form of Graf, but more commonly a topographic name from Middle Low German grave "ditch", "moat", "channel", or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany named with this word.
Added 2/19/2008 by LuzC