Grove

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

Proper noun

  1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
  2. Any of several villages in England.

    1. A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).

    2. A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).

    3. A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).

    4. A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).

    5. A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).

    6. A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).

  3. A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).
  4. A place in the United States:

    1. A town in Allegany County, New York.

    2. A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.

    3. An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.

    4. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.

    5. A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.

  5. A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  6. A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.

Origin

* 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.

Related

Grover

Derived

Grove Ferry Grove Park