Wingrave

English

Alternative forms

(surname): Wingrove

Etymology

Probably from the Old English personal name Wīġa + -ing (“belonging to”) + grāf (“grove”).

Proper noun

Wingrave (countable and uncountable, plural Wingraves)

A village in Wingrave with Rowsham parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8618).
A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wingrave is the 20867^th most common surname in England, belonging to 213 individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wingrave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Forebears

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