Origin of the Name

In German, the name Grube or Grubbe means a miner or a possessor of mines. Less than a century later in 1127, Gonde Grubbe owned an estate called Veringe in Denmark. While the connection between the German and Danish Grubbe families has not been established, the fact that immigrants with the Grubb last name came to America from a number of countries could indicate that the family (or families) spread in many directions from its roots.