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
- A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
- Any of several villages in England.
- A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).
- A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972). [1]
- A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).
- A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).
- A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379). [2]
- 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).
- A place in the United States:
- A town in Allegany County, New York.
- A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
- A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.
- A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.