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Cleveley.

A surname from Old English.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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  1. A surname from Old English.

Where this word comes from

Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Enstone, Oxfordshire, from Old English clif (“cliff; river-bank”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to cliff + -ley (“lea”).

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