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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsClifft, Cliff, Cliffe, Clifton, Cliffton, Clive, Cleeves, Cleave, Cleaves
Meaning & History
Topographic name for someone who lived by a crevice in rock, derived from Middle English clift meaning "cleft". The American actor Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) was a famous bearer of this name.