Given name & surname
Cleva
“woman of the cliffs”·“one who lives near the cliff”
Cleva is a feminine form of Clive. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the cliff.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Cleva carries the interpretation “woman of the cliffs.” Cleva is a feminine form of Clive. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the cliff.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Cleva is used as a feminine counterpart of Clive.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Cleva is a feminine form of Clive. The history of Clive gives this family its wider story. Clive’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Cleva through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 561
- 0 boys · 561 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 25 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 girls is 5 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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