First name origin & meaning:
Old English: Land near the hill
First name variations: Cleve, Clive, Cleavon, Cleavland, Cleon, Clevon, Cleveland
Last name origins & meanings:
- Variant spelling of English Cleveland.
- A family spelling its name in this way is particularly associated
with Martha’s Vineyard. Moses Cleaveland (1651–1717) came to
Edgartown in about 1680 from Woburn, MA; several of his descendants
were captains of whaling ships.
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