Graveley
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Gravely
Etymology
From either Old English græf (“pit, trench”) or grāf (“grove, thicket”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Graveley (countable and uncountable, plural Graveleys)
- A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2464).
- A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL232278).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Graveley is the 82044th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 230 individuals. Graveley is most common among White (70.0%), Hispanic/Latino (18.7%) and Black/African American (10.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Graveley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78.