The story
- German · derived fromGaugraf“magistrate”
- English todayHogrebe
The name originates from German Gaugraf (“magistrate”), Lower-Saxony. Until now, the oldest document with the name Gogreve comes out of the year 1172: Luithewicus and his brother, priest Thomas, in Medebach.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.