Greve Family History
Greve Name Meaning
North German and Scandinavian: status name from Middle Low German and Danish greve ‘count’ equivalent to German Graf . Dutch: vowel variant of Grave ‘count’ or a topographic name from Middle Dutch greve ‘ditch moat channel’. English: topographic name from Middle English greve ‘wood thicket’ (Old English grǣfe). English: alternatively a variant of Grieve .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022