Given name & surname

Musgrave

“mouse”

Musgrave is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Musgrave goes back to Old English mūs, meaning “mouse.”

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Where it comes from

Musgrave comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English mūs (“mouse”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Musgrave’s family of names

In English usage, Musgrave as a surname has a related form in MUSGROVE.

Walk Musgrave’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Similar names

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Old English

Muston

“mouse”

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Old English

Bygrave

“by, near, around”

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Old English

Redgrave

“reed”

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Old English

Wingrave

“belonging to” · “grove”

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Old English

Mansbridge

“bridge”

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Old English

Mogridge

“ridge, spur”

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Old English

Mundford

“ford”

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Old English

Moorhouse

“moor, marsh, fen”

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Sibling ideas

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