Graveney
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English græf (“grave; ditch, trench”) + īeġ (“island”).
Proper noun[edit]
Graveney (countable and uncountable, plural Graveneys)
- A village in Graveney with Goodnestone parish, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0562).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Graveney is the 31781st most common surname in England, belonging to 112 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Graveney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 78.