Grabe Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Grabe? Think of it as Grave with a different pen. At root, the name means “Count”.

Spelling and variants

Grabe writes “b” in place of the “v” found in Grave, a common scribal difference.

The 2010 US Census counted 475 people named Grabe, ranking it number 45,105 among American surnames. French birth records list 116 children named Grabe between 1891 and 2000. Births ran at 6 in 1891–1900 and 14 in 1991–2000.

Grabe coat of arms

Arms linked to Grave and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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