Gleaves
surname · Latin script
Meaning: different form of Gleave
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈɡɫivz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gleaves is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
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)different form of Gleave
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Albert Gleavesb. 1858USUnited States Navy Admiral (1858–1937)
- Margaret Sexton Gleavesb. 1920USWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- Cliff Gleavesb. 1930USAmerican musician (1930–2002)
- Graeme Gleavesb. 1968GBBritish writer and railway historian
- Nicholas Gleavesb. 1969GBBritish actor
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)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #23,019 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #24,705 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #23,468 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #331,247 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 Gleaves mean, and where does it come from?
- different form of Gleave Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Gleaves?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɫivz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gleaves have the most bearers?
- Gleaves is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gleaves”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.