ORIGIN OF GRAF, GROVE AND GROVES
ORIGIN OF NAMES OF GROVE AND GROVES (INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION)
GROVE:noun, (Angle-Saxon GRAF). A smaller group of trees than a forest. A wood of small extant. A lodge of the Druids. Early English. (Grove is used erroneously in the Authorized Version of the Bible "Asherah".) Obosulte except dialect form of Grave-Groove. Reference: Standard Unabridged Dictionary.
GROVE: (Eng) - Dweller at a small wood -) Old English or Anglo-Saxon, GRAF). Reference: "Surname of the United Kingdom", page 177. Eaton Press, London. 1912
GROVE:(A/S Graf) - Broomsgrove, Boxgrove, Nutgrove. As a surname, Groves. Reference: "Family Names and Their History", by S. Baring-Gould, page 165. Seeley and Company, Etd., London. 1910.
GROVE: 14th Century rolls exhibit numerous descriptions of surname from trees, such as "Atte Grove", meaning grove of trees. Reference: "A Guide to the Originof British Surnames" by C. L. 'Estrange Ewen, page 124. John Gifford, Ltd. London, 1938.
GROVES: Genit. Or Plural of GROVE; Q.V.
GRAF: (Graf) noun, plural - Grafen: feminine is Grafin (meaning a countess). German, see grave. German, Austrian and Swedish title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or compte (count) in French.
GRAFF: (Graf) Scotland and North England - variant of "Grave". Dutch: trench, ditch, canal. Note: This word uttered by the early American settlers of Teutonic descent, with a gutteral sound, soon became pronounced by many as "Groff". The last is the reason why many ancestors of Teutonic descent changed their names gradually to Grov(e) or Grov (es) of British spelling.
GROVE - GROVES - Local; at the grove, a clump of trees, originally a woodland avenue cut out from the forest. Reference: "A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames" by Charles Wareing Bardsley, M.A. - published by Henry Frowde 1901.
GROVE - GROVES - A foundling now living at Tunbridge bears this name, from his having been exposed to the grove at Tunbridge Wells.Also Groves listed as a Scottish family name (page 61). Reference: "An Essay on Family Nomenclature" and "A Dictionary of Family Names" by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. page 73, published by John Russell Smith, London.
GROVE - GROVES - Motto - Ny dessux ny dessoux.
Crest - A Talbot passant sable, collared argent.
Arms - Ermine, on a chevron engrailed gules, three escallops, the center one or, the
other two argent. Reference No. 21, below.
Anglo - Saxon
Men's NamesPlace NamesEnglish Surname
GrobbGrobbes denGrove - Low German
Grubb - Grub, found in France
Reference: "Surnames As a Science" by Robert Ferguson, M/P. Published by George Routledge and
Sons, London, 1883.
Briefly summarizing the preceding section, the origin of the names of both Grove and Grovesis definitely British, derived from the Anglo-Saxon work "GRAF". When Britain was conquered by the Saxons (and others) in about the Sixth Century, no doubt there were many invaders having the name of GRAF who remained in Britain to settle and colonize.
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