Last name: GLEAVE
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GLEAVE : This last name is indexed 12,650 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GLEAVE : English (Lancashire and Cheshire): nickname from Middle English gleyve gleve ‘lance’ (Old French glaive gleive) used for a spearman or for the winner in a race in which the lance set up as a winning post was given as a prize. See Gleaves.
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