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lagrave Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from someone from Lagrave (Hautes-Alpes) named with grave ‘gravel’, or topographic name from this word.
  2. nickname for a solemn person, from French grave ‘solemn’, ‘serious’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of lagrave Families in the US in 1840
Number of lagrave families
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