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Grove.

A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.

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  1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.

  2. Any of several villages in England. A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).

  3. Any of several villages in England. A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).

  4. Any of several villages in England. A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).

  5. Any of several villages in England. A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).

  6. 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).

  7. Any of several villages in England. A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).

  8. A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).

  9. A place in the United States: A town in Allegany County, New York.

  10. A place in the United States: A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.

  11. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.

  12. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.

  13. A place in the United States: A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.

  14. A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

  15. 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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