Cleveley

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Cleveley

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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”).

proper noun Cleveleys · Cleverly

A surname from Old English.

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@misc{cleveley_2026,
  title = {Cleveley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cleveley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}