Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword cliff.
usage
meaning
Cleveland English
Derived from a place name meaning "cliff land" in Old English.
Clifford English
Derived from various place names that meant "ford by a cliff" in Old English.
Clifton English
Derived from various place names meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.
Corna Italian
Derived from the names of places in northern Italy, especially Lombardy, from a word that means "crag, cliff" in the Lombard dialect.
Craig Scottish
Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag, rocks, outcrop", originally belonging to a person who lived near a crag.
Fairclough English
From a place name meaning "fair ravine, fair cliff" in Old English.
Iwai Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Iwamoto Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Iwasaki Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Iwata Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Kaya Turkish
Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.
Kuroiwa Japanese
From Japanese (kuro) meaning "black" and (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".
Peña Spanish
Originally denoted a person who lived near a jutting rock, from Spanish peña meaning "rock, cliff".
Radcliff English
From various place names in England that mean "red cliff" in Old English.