The graven Surname
graven Name Meaning and History
- topographic name for someone living near a ditch or moat, from Middle Low German grave ‘ditch’, ‘moat’, ‘channel’. Compare Grabe.
- possibly a reduced form of any of various compound habitational names such as Gravenhorst or Gravenstein.
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse grof ‘hollow’, ‘depression’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| need historical info from the graven family | bryan graven | 30 |
| Graven |
 desertroadrunner
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| looking for gravenmier |
joeyann491
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| Kentucky Graven (Robert Lee Graven) | Cherie Nicley | 24 |
| Message from Bgraven2001@yahoo.com |
bgraven2001
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| Graven Family from Oregon | Randi | 1 |
| MICHAEL GRAVEN's daughter CATHERINE, b. 1840, Cty. Mayo |
| 0 |
| Ruby Graven Photo Green Bay, Wisconsin |
jlockstein
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| County Mayo Gravens - Mid 19th Century? |
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| updated information | cherie | 1 |
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