Entry № 3790 · English origin

Graves Graves — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GRAYVZ /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Steward (Robert Graves; Newt Scamander's Graves)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "steward (robert graves; newt scamander's graves)".

Graves is from the Old English grafe — a steward or grove-keeper. Percival Graves — character in J.K. (1980). Denise Graves — modern American operatic mezzo-soprano. Graves disease — autoimmune thyroid condition.

Steward (Robert Graves; Newt Scamander's Graves) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Graves
Transliteration
Graves
Pronunciation
/ ɡreɪvz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Graves stands.

Graves does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gravess before her.

Real people

In fiction
Percival Graves
Rowling's Fantastic Beasts.
2016

Names connected to Graves.

The number behind Graves.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Graves reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.