Greenhow Family History
Greenhow Name Meaning
English (northwestern): habitational name from either of two places called Greenhow in North and Yorkshire or from Gerna in the parish of Downham Lancashire all of which are named with Old English grēne ‘green’ + hōh ‘mound’ (or the cognate Old Norse haugr). English: alternatively a variant of Greenough .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022