Last name: CLEVERLY

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CLEVERLY : This last name is indexed 10,309 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

CLEVERLY : English: habitational name in southern England perhaps an irregular development of Cleveley (Oxforshire) or from a lost place perhaps in Hampshire named from Old English clæfre ‘clover’ + lēah ‘wood clearing’. In northern England probably from Claverley in Shropshire named from the same elements or possibly from Cleveley in Lancashire (named with Old English clif ‘bank slope’ + lēah) with intrusive -r- under the influence of cleverly. The overall pattern suggests that the southern origin is the dominant one.

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