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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Hill

How Popular Is The Name Clifton

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of numerous places named Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

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