Cleveland
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning cliff land; a place name used as a given name.
Cleveland by the numbers
Cleveland was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 360 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cleveland. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Copelandbought land, purchased field95 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Cleveland, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Cleveland, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cleveland
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