Given name & surname
Grover
“from the grove of trees”
Grover is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the grove of trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the grove of trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Grover through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27,205
- 27,113 boys · 92 girls
- Most popular year
- 1884
- 809 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,298 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,298 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 802 in 1884. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,509 as a first name in 2020; 17,441 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Grover’s family of names
Grover has a related form in Grafere. Grover has a related form in Grovar. Grover has a related form in Grovir.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Grover
- Grover Washington Jr.American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)
- Grover Cleveland AlexanderAmerican baseball player (1887-1950)
- Grover Furracademicborn 1944
- Grover JonesAmerican screenwriter (1893–1940)
- Grover DaleAmerican actor, dancer and choreographerborn 1935
- Grover NorquistAmerican conservative activist and lobbyistborn 1956
- Grover KrantzAmerican biological anthropologist (1931–2002)
- Grover MitchellAmerican trombonist (1930–2003)
- Grover LoeningAmerican aviation pioneer (1888-1976)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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