Name: Cliff
Gender: Male
Usage: Cliff is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Cliff are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Cliff across the world, see Clifford.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Cliff is: Cliff ford, Riverbank ford.
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Numerology of the first name Cliff: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Cliff is ranked on the 1,074th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 484900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.007% of the population. The name Cliff has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Cliff for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Cliff is a masculine given name. It is a short form of Clifford or Clifton. It may refer to:
In television and film:
- Cliff Arquette (1905–1974), American comedian and actor
- Cliff Bole, American and Canadian television director
- Cliff Clavin, character in the Cheers television series
- Cliff Curtis, New Zealand film and television actor
- Cliff De Young, American character actor
- Cliff Martinez (born 1954), American film score composer
- Cliff Michelmore, British television presenter
- Cliff Parisi, British actor and EastEnders star
- Cliff Robertson (1923–2011), American actor
In music:
- Cliff Barrows (born 1923), music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- Cliff Burton (1962–1986), former bassist of the band Metallica
- Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), American singer and musician
- Cliff Richard (born 1940), British singer
- Clifford T. Ward, British singer/songwriter
- Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist of the rock band AC/DC
In sports:
- Cliff Barker (1921-1998), American basketball player
- Cliff Bayer (born 1977), American foil fencer
- Cliff Bricker (1904–1980), Canadian long-distance runner
- Cliff Harris (born 1948), American football player
- Cliff Thorburn (born 1948), Canadian snooker player
- Cliff Lee, American baseball player
- Cliff Politte, American baseball player
- Cliff Ronning (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cliff Wiley (born 1955), American track and field athlete
- Clifford Robinson, Former NBA player
Fictional Characters
- Cliff Clewless, a character from the comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!.
- Cliff Huxtable, the main protagonist of the long-running hit TV series The Cosby Show
- Cliff Bradshaw, the male lead in the musical Cabaret
- Cliff Barnes, a character from the TV drama Dallas
In other fields:
- Cliff Bleszinski, the lead game designer for the company Epic Games
English: short form of Clifford.(now also sometimes of Clifton). It is commonly used as an independent given name, especially since the rise to fame in the 1950s of the pop singer Cliff Richard (real name Harry Webb). It has sometimes also been associated with Clive.
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