Congreve

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Congrove

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English cumb (“valley”) + grāf (“grove”).

Proper noun

Congreve (plural Congreves)

1. A surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Congrevean
• Congreve match
• Congreve rocket
• Congrevian

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Congreve is the 15468^th most common surname in England, belonging to 333 individuals.

Noun

Congreve (plural Congreves)

1. Congreve rocket
2. Congreve match

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Congreve”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• converge