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Gleave

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Middle English gle(y)ve ‘sword’ (Old French gleive, glaive, Latin gladius), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of swords or a nickname for an accomplished swordsman.

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