Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew : Faithful; dog; boldOld English : Land near the hill Boy name variations Caleb Caleb - 3% this year Masculine Common Find out more Cale Cale + 33% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Cal Cal + 30% this year Neutral Rare Find out more Cliff Cliff + 14% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Colby Colby + 12% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Cleveland Cleveland - 43% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Clive Clive - 20% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Cleavon Cleavon 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Cleaveland Cleaveland 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Cleavland Cleavland 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Cleon Cleon + 43% this year Neutral Rare Find out more Clevon Clevon 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more How Popular Is The Name Cleve Family name origins & meanings English : habitational name from any of the numerous minor places, for example in Devon, Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire, named Cleeve or Cleve ‘(place) at the cliff’, from the dative case clife of Old English clif ‘slope’, ‘cliff’. Compare Cliff.Americanized spelling of Kleve.