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♂ Cleve
What does Cleve mean?
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)
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.
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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