Hargroves Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

There is no single Hargroves family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Hargroves? Think of it as Hargrove with a different pen. The name is generally explained as “Hare grove”.

The extra ending in Hargroves is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Hargrove's family. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Hartgrove and Hargrow.

Get the complete Hargroves report, with a museum-style coat of arms.