Clive
English
"lives near a high cliff"Clive Origin and Meaning
The name Clive is a boy's name of English origin meaning "lives near a high cliff".
Clive used to be stereotyped as a clipped British name in a pith helmet and pencil-thin moustache, as in English military hero Clive of India--but this image has been turned on its ear by hunky Clive Owen.
William Makepeace Thackeray did a lot to launch this as a first name via his novel The Newcomes with Clive Newcombe being the hero--most likely inspired by the exploits of General Robert Clive, essentially the founder of British India.
Two other notable modern day Clives are writers Barker and Cussler.
William Makepeace Thackeray did a lot to launch this as a first name via his novel The Newcomes with Clive Newcombe being the hero--most likely inspired by the exploits of General Robert Clive, essentially the founder of British India.
Two other notable modern day Clives are writers Barker and Cussler.
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Famous People Named Clive
- Clive OwenEnglish actor
- Clive Staples "C.S." LewisNorthern Irish novelist
- Clive William John GrangerWelsh economist and Nobel Prize winner
- Clive Eric CusslerAmerican novelist
- Clive BarkerEnglish novelist
- Clive DavisAmerican record producer and executive
- (Arthur) Clive Heward BellEnglish art critic
- Clive Ronald Burrdrummer of English band Iron Maiden
- Clive RushAmerican NFL football coach
- Clive Robert Benjamin DunnEnglish actor
- Clive James StandenEnglish actor
- Clive John "Benji" WebbeBritish singer of bands Skindred and Dub War
- Robert Clive1st Baron Clive aka Clive of India, British officer, founder of the East India Company
- Clive SwiftEnglish actor & songwriter
- Clive HornbyEnglish actor and musician
Clive in Pop Culture
- Clive Newcombecharacter in William Thackeray's "The Newcombes"
- Clive O'Briancharacter in the video game Resident Evil: Revelations
- Clive Yorkincharacter on TV's "The Flash"
- Clive Babineauxcharacter on Tv show "iZombie"
- Clive Dovecharacter in the game "Professor Layton and the Lost Future"
- CliveInvisible friend of Garfield the cat in some Garfield strips