Hesselgrave Family History
Hesselgrave Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a lost place called Hesselgreave in Yorkshire or from Hazel Grove in North Yorkshire or else a topographic name for a person who lived in or near a place where hazels grew from Old English hæsel Old Norse hesli ‘hazel’ + OE grǣfe ‘grove thicket’. But the North Yorkshire placename also contains a Middle English form of Old Norse gryfja ‘hole pit’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022