The Musgrove Surname
Musgrove Name Meaning and History
English (Cumbria): habitational name from either of two villages in
Cumbria, named in Old English with mus ‘mouse’ (perhaps a
byname) + graf ‘grove’ (see Grove 1). The Norman
surname de Mucegros, established in Herefordshire and elsewhere
in the 12th and 13th centuries, is unrelated and has died out.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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