Origin* As a north/Low German, Dutch and North Germanic surname, from the noun greve (“count”).
* Also as a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch noun greve (“moat, ditch”), related to the verb graven (“to dig”).
* As an English surname, from Middle English greve (“wood thicket”), or a variant of Grieve.
- A surname.
- A municipality in the Copenhagen metropolitan area, Denmark, south-west of the city.