as a Last Name
- 4,789
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Greaves
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name from Old English grǣfe ‘brushwood’, ‘thicket’, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, for example in Cumbria, Lancashire, and Staffordshire.
| 6,185th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,789
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Greaves per capita
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