Grove

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Grové in ZA South Africa and โกรฟ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Grove is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name4.0K records spelled Grove2 spellings in the group

  Also written Grové

• Swedish name2.9K records spelled Grove6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, Norway

  Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Grové

• Swahili surname974 records spelled Grove6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Grové, Grovë, Grovè

• Indonesian name255 records spelled Grove2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written Grové

• Russian surname221 records spelled Grove10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Гров, Гроув, Grov, Грове, Ґроув

• a separate name162 records spelled Grove2 spellings in the group

  Also written Grové

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Grove is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Toponymic surname from a settlement/landscape name; type totals 444 tokens. Bearers: Gro(o)ve 323+19, Grove(s/n) 20+18, Grover 19, Grovermann 11; Wete- 23, Hargrove 11.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

• In English, dweller by the grove, from OE graf; first attested Ralph de Graua 1119-27 Colch (Ess)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In German, Toponymic surname: from a grove/wooded place; variant of Growe/Gröver.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

• In English, habitational name from any of several places named Grove or Groven in Schleswig-Holstein, which derive their name from Middle Low Germany grove ‘ditch’, ‘channel’. In some cases the name is a Dutch or Low German form of Grube.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, topographic name for someone who lived by a grove or thicket, Middle English grove. Old English graf.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 19 years between 1883–1959. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• William Robert Groveb. 1811GBBritish judge and chemist (1811–1896)
• George Groveb. 1820GBEnglish writer on music and director of the Royal College of Music (1820-1900)
• Grove Karl Gilbertb. 1843USAmerican geologist (1843–1918)
• Marmaduke Groveb. 1878CLChilean socialist politician and officer (1878–1954)
• Frederick Philip Groveb. 1879CALived 1879 to 1948, translator and schoolteacher (1879–1948)
• Lefty Groveb. 1900USAmerican baseball player (1900–1975)
• Andrew Groveb. 1936USHungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author (1936–2016)
• Eric Groveb. 1948GBnaval historian
• David Paul Groveb. 1958CAactor
• Elliot Groveb. 2000GBBritish film producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 58 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Grove?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Grove (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Grove have the most bearers?

Grove is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled grove.

What does the name Grove mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) Someone who lives by a grove, from Old English grāf ‘grove, thicket’; (ii) anglicized French surname Le Groux/Le Greux.