Given name & surname
Cleavland
“from the land of clifffs”
Cleavland is a variant of Cleveland. One English interpretation is “from the land of clifffs.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cleavland is a variant of Cleveland. One English interpretation is “from the land of clifffs.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cleavland is a variant of Cleveland. An origin associated with Cleveland is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cleavland through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cleavland’s family of names
Cleavland has a related form in Cleveland.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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