Cliff - Meaning of Cliff

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Cliff

[ 1 syll. clif(f), cl-i-ff ] The baby boy name Cliff is pronounced as KLihF- †. Cliff is mainly used in English and its language of origin is Old English.

Cliff is a shortening of the English name Clifford.

Cliff is also a shortening of the English name Clifton.

Cliff is also a variant form of the English name Clive.

Cliff is also a variant form of the English name Radcliff.

See also the related category english.

Cliff is an uncommon baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1904, 0.017% of baby boys were named Cliff. It was #433 in rank then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is today used on a very modest scale. Within all boy names in its family, Cliff was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Cliff include Clef, Klyf, Cailob, Calv, Caylob, Cleve, Cliv, Clive, Clove, Clyve, Kaelob, Kalb, Kaylob, Keelby, Kelbe, Kleaf, Kleafe, Kleef, Kleefe, and Kleif.

† Pronunciation for Cliff: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"

A famous person named Cliff is Singer Cliff Richard, born Harry Rodger Webb 14 October 1940, Lucknow, United Provinces, British India.