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Cleve

What does Cleve mean?

Cleve Pronunciation of Cleve as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and Cleve means "land of cliffs; hilly area; cliff, slope". Cleve is a version of Cleveland (Old English): place name. Cleve is also a derivative of Clive (Old English): family name and place name.

STARTS WITH Cl-

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, slope (mountain)

Variations

VARIANT Clyve

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CLEVELAND, CLIVE Cleavon, Cleon, Clevon

FEMININE FORM Cleva

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Clece, ..

(female) Clece, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cleve Rick (C.R.), ..

How popular is Cleve?

Cleve is an uncommonly occurring first name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#63297 out of 150436, Top 42%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Cleve entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its top rank of #312 in the U.S. then, but is not ranked currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cleve name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cleve outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Clive (#1861 FROM RECENT DATA), Cleon and Cleveland are the prominent related forms of Cleve. Usage of these forms of Cleve was widespread in the 1880s (AVERAGE #905) and is now much reduced, with forms like Cleve becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cleve, Cleon, Cleveland, Clive in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cleve and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Cleve is alike in pronunciation to Cleeve. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Chevy, Clare, Clem, Cleo, Clerc, Clerk, Clete, Cleto, Clyde, Cree, Crewe, Olave, Reeve, Reve and Steve. These names tend to be more frequently used than Cleve.

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