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Cleaveland

Updated: April 24, 2025
Updated: April 24, 2025

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Land near the hill

Family name origins & meanings

  • Variant spelling of English Cleveland.
  • A family spelling its name in this way is particularly associated with Martha’s Vineyard. Moses Cleaveland (1651–1717) came to Edgartown in about 1680 from Woburn, MA; several of his descendants were captains of whaling ships.

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