Grove

See also: grove

English

Etymology

• 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

Grove

1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
2. Any of several villages in England.
   1. A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).

Derived terms

• Grove Park

Related terms

• Grover

Anagrams

• Gover