The word and hence the surname, derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century graefe meaning brushwood, and is first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century. Locational surnames are usually from names.
The name origin and meaning of Kania. The Hindi Baby Girl Name Kania means - a form of Kanya.
What does Nydia mean? N ydia as a girls' name is pronounced NIH-dee-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Nydia is nest. From the word nidus. Also (Spanish, Greek) graceful. Literary: in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel The Last Days of Pompeii, Nydia was a blind flower-seller who died to save her beloved. STARTS/ENDS WITH Ny-, -ia