The Graaffe Family Name

Spellings drift, and Graaffe is where Graf drifted for some families. Its meaning, shared with Graf, is “Count”. Graaffe is built on the same root as Graf, with the ending -affe. You may also find the name written Gräfe, Graff and Graeff.

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