Given name & surname · also German
Kleve
“cliff”
Kleve is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kleve goes back to Proto-Germanic *klibą, meaning “cliff.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kleve comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Kleve, from Old High German Cleve, from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kleve’s family of names
In English usage, Kleve as a surname shares a linguistic root with Cliff. In English usage, Kleve as a surname has a related form in CLEVES. In English usage, Kleve as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form CLIVIA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kleve has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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