Cleve

Diminutive of Cleveland
"hilly land, from the cliff"

Cleve Origin and Meaning

The name Cleve is a boy's name .

Appealing short form of the stuffy Cleveland, occasionally used on its own.

# 936 in the US

Cleve Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Cleve

  • Cleveland Keith "Cleve" Benedict
    U.S. Congressman from West Virginia
  • Cleve Jones
    American gay rights activist
  • Cleve Gray
    American painter
  • Cleveland "Schoolboy Cleve" White
    American blues harmonica player
  • Cleve Cartmill
    American science fiction novelist
  • Cleve Barry Moler
    American mathematician and computer scientist
  • Kerr Van Cleve Smith
    American actor