Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
GRIEVE
There are approximately 6,118 people named Grieve in the UK. That makes it the 1,713rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 97 are named Grieve.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Status Name
Related and similar surnames
GraveGraves
Greaves
Grief
Greive
Greeves
Grieves
Graeve
Graefe
Grav
Graef
Grafe
Graeff
Grava
Graive
Graev
Graave
Graife
Graeves
Graives
Gravee
Graeffe
Graiffe
Gravea
Graevs
Graav
Gravie
Graif
Grafie
Graeave
Graiff
Graaef
Graafe
Graphe
The Grieve surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
GRIEVE. A-Sax. gerefa, pra?ses, like the Germ. {iraf. In Scothind the manager of a farm, or superinteudent of anyAvork— a reeve. It has been A'ariously corrupted to Greive, Greaves, Greeves, &c.