Given name & surname
Cleaver
“one who cleaves”
Cleaver is a surname from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cleaver goes back to Middle English clevere, meaning “one who cleaves.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English clevere (“one who cleaves”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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