Gravatt Family History
Gravatt Name Meaning
English (Sussex and Surrey): topographic name for someone probably living near a small grove or copse from Middle English gravet grevet meaning either ‘small wood’ or ‘trench’. The true sense is uncertain as gravet could be a diminutive of Old English grāf or grǣfe ‘grove’ or of Old English graf or græfe ‘dug place trench ditch’. The term is found mainly in Hampshire Sussex and Surrey.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022