Grove
See also: grove
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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.
Proper noun edit
Grove
- A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
- Any of several villages in England.
- A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).