Greaves

See also: greaves

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a brushwood or thicket, from Old English grǣfe (“brushwood, thicket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹivz/
• Homophones: grieves, greaves
• Rhymes: -iːvz

Proper noun

Greaves (plural Greaveses)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Greaves is the 6505^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5217 individuals. Greaves is most common among White (61.01%) and Black/African American (31.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greaves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.

Anagrams

• Gervase, servage