Graver Family History
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Graver Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an engraver, from Old English grafere, græfere ‘engraver’, ‘sculptor’ (Old French graveur). It is possible that the name was also an occupational name for a miner, from Old English grafan ‘to dig’. German (also Gräver): variant of Graber.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Grave, Graber, Grover, Grayer, Grater, Beaver, Craver, Graner, Haver