Belgrave
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Belgrave (Leicestershire); first attested Reginald de Belegraue Hy 2 Seals (Leicestershire)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɛɫˌɡɹeɪv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Belgrave is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- JMJamaica
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Belgrave (Leicestershire); first attested Reginald de Belegraue Hy 2 Seals (Leicestershire)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Belgrave is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Reginald de Belegraue Hy 2 Seals (Lei); Henry de Belgrave 1241 FFO; John Belgrauk 1365–6 FFWa. From Belgrave (Lei).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dalrymple James Belgraveb. 1850GBEnglish barrister and writer of crime fiction
- Charles Belgraveb. 1894CHChief Administrator of Bahrain (1894–1969)
- James Belgraveb. 1896GBBritish flying ace (1896-1918)
- Marcus Belgraveb. 1936USAmerican trumpeter (1936–2015)
- John Belgraveb. 1940NZNew Zealand public servant
- Valerie Belgraveb. 1946TTTrinidadian artist, painter, author and composer
- Barrington Belgraveb. 1980GBEnglish footballer (born 1980)
- Kirk Belgraveb. 1987football player (born 1987)
- Danielle BelgraveGBBritish computer scientist
- Michael BelgraveNZNew Zealand historian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,709 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,812 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,590 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 194 | #431 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 53 | #29,818 |
| GD Grenada | Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025 | 2025 | 40 | #183 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 23 | #239 |
| BB Barbados | Barbados — Electoral register, deceased-voters slice | 2025 | 16 | #24 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 15 | #4,237 |
| BB Barbados | Barbados — Electoral register, overseas-voters slice | 2025 | 14 | #24 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Belgrave mean, and where does it come from?
- from Belgrave (Leicestershire); first attested Reginald de Belegraue Hy 2 Seals (Leicestershire) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Belgrave?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɛɫˌɡɹeɪv/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Belgrave have the most bearers?
- Belgrave is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Belgrave”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.