Graver Family History
Graver Name Meaning
English (Norfolk): occupational name for an engraver from Middle English graver(e) grafer(e) gravo(u)r ‘engraver carver sculptor’ Old English grafere græfere Old French graveur. English: alternatively an occupational name for a miner from Middle English graver(e) ‘miner digger’ from Old English grafan ‘to dig’. Dutch: equivalent of German Graber .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022