Clive
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning cliff dweller, from clif.
Babies a year
67
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Clive by the numbers
Clive was given to 67 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 85 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clive. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
- Clintsettlement on a cliff; short form of Clinton134 in the US (2017)
- Cainea form of Cain; acquired or possession64 in the US (2017)
- Cliffsteep slope or cliff; short for Clifford24 in the US (2017)
- Cletefamous; a form of Cletus6 in the US (2017)
- Chikegod's power or strength4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Clive, 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)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clive
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