Salut Jan Griep Congratulations for this most interesting Homepage. The name Grip appears in the Oslo telephone directory only once. The name Gripp appears twice. Your homepage mentions the norwegian word "gribe". This makes me thinking of the bird "Gribbe" which means in dutch "gier". Swedish "gripa" = dutch "grijpen". I may ask at the genealogical chat-circuit, DIS-forum for more information about the name, if you like. JanM > Recently I opened a website for everybody that is interested in the origin > of the family names Grip, Griep and Gryp. > These names, that seems te be related, do appear in most countries around > the North Sea and Baltic Sea. > > Through this website I hope to get in contact with people who know more > about these families and the names Griep-Grip-Gryp, and to exchange > information. > > Please visit http://home.planet.nl/~artrako > > Jan Griep, Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands > > >