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♂ Clyve
What does Clyve mean?
Clyve 
as a boys' name has its root in Old English, and Clyve means "cliff, slope". Clyve is a variant form of Clive (Old English): family name and place name.
STARTS WITH Cl-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, slope (mountain)
Variations
VARIANT Cleve▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Calve, ..
(female) Clyce, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Clyve Joey (C.J.), ..
How popular is Clyve?
Clyve is a rare given name for men. Clyve is an equally rare surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Clive (#1861 VIA LATEST LIST) and Cleve are the prominent varying forms of Clyve (OUTSIDE TOP 2000). Adoption of these relations of Clyve reached its highest during the years 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #1091) and has become significantly lower since, with the form Cleve becoming somewhat dated. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Clyve is alike in pronunciation to Cleeve. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cayce, Cayle, Clare▼, Clayre, Clete, Cloyce, Clyde▼, Clyff, Clyffe (see Cliff), Coye, Coyle, Coyne and Olave. These names tend to be more commonly used than Clyve.
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