Cleve
Diminutive of Cleveland
"hilly land, from the cliff"
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Updated Wed Feb 04 2026
Cleve Origin and Meaning
Variation of Cleveland
# 936 in the US
Cleve Rank in US Top 1000
Famous People Named Cleve
- Cleveland Keith "Cleve" BenedictU.S. Congressman from West Virginia
- Cleve JonesAmerican gay rights activist
- Cleve GrayAmerican painter
- Cleveland "Schoolboy Cleve" WhiteAmerican blues harmonica player
- Cleve CartmillAmerican science fiction novelist
- Cleve Barry MolerAmerican mathematician and computer scientist
- Kerr Van Cleve SmithAmerican actor
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