Clift is a boy’s name of English origin. Meaning in English: From the town near a cliff. Clift is a short form of Clifton. The name has 5 letters.
Related names
Cliff
BoyEnglish
River ford near a cliff.
Clifford
BoyEnglish Literary
Ford near a slope. From an Old English surname and place name, used commonly as a first name since the late 19th century. A literary name from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2, where it belongs to lord Clifford. Also Young Clifford, son to Lord Clifford. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Clifford.
Cliffton
BoyEnglish
From the farm near the cliff.
Clifland
BoyEnglish
From the cliff land.
Clifton
BoyEnglish
Settlement on a cliff. From an Old English surname and place name, used only occasionally as a first name.
Cliftun
BoyEnglish
From the farm near the cliff.
Clint
BoyEnglish
Settlement on a hill, or from the headland estate.
Clinton
BoyEnglish Teutonic
Settlement on a hill, or from the headland estate. From an Old English surname and place name. From the headland farm.