Cliffe
See also: cliffe
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English clif (“cliff, crag”).
Proper noun
[edit]Cliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Cliffes)
- A village in Cliffe and Cliffe Woods parish, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7376).
- A small village in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ2115).
- A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6632).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cliffe is the 51066th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 408 individuals. Cliffe is most common among White (92.65%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cliffe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Kent, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Kent, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English