# Greve

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #84,319

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A municipality in the Copenhagen metropolitan area, Denmark, south-west of the city.

## Etymology
* As a north/Low German, Dutch and North Germanic surname, from the noun greve (“count”).
* Also as a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch noun greve (“moat, ditch”), related to the verb graven (“to dig”).
* As an English surname, from Middle English greve (“wood thicket”), or a variant of Grieve.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/greve