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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Hill

First name variations: Clyff, Clyfford, Clyford, Clinton, Clint, Clive, Clifford

Last name origin & meaning:

English: habitational name from any of numerous places named Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

This name appears in the following lists: Poets