Grove.
A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
Meaning & usage
A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
Any of several villages in England. A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).
Any of several villages in England. A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).
Any of several villages in England. A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).
Any of several villages in England. A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).
Any of several villages in England. A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).
Any of several villages in England. A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).
A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).
A place in the United States: A town in Allegany County, New York.
A place in the United States: A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
A place in the United States: A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.
A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
Where this word comes from
* As an English surname, from the noun grove. * As a French surname, Americanized from Le Groux, Le Greux, reduced from Gréoul, of Germanic origin, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”). * As a north German surname, from the Low German noun Graf (“ditch, grave”) (see grave). Also a Dutch and Low German form of Grub. * As a German surname, variant of Graf.
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