This is a list of submitted names in which the meaning contains the keyword cliff.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aiyan f ChineseFrom Chinese 蔼 (
ai) meaning "friendly, lush", or 爱 (
ai) meaning "love, affection" and 艳 (
yan) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous" or 岩 (
yan) meaning "rocks, cliff". Other hanzi combinations can form this name.
Bingyan f & m ChineseThis name is a combination of 冰 (Bing) meaning "Cold, Ice" and 艳 (Yan) meaning "Gorgeous, Beautiful" (usually for girls), or 岩 (Yan) meaning "Cliff, Rocks" (usually for boys). Other hanzi combinations are possible.
Cleave m EnglishFrom an English origin meaning "cliff". Diminutive of
Cleavon or a variant of
Cleve. As an independent name can be transferred use of the surname
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Heathcliff m English, LiteratureCombination of
Heath and
Cliff, meaning "heath near a cliff". It was created by Emily Brontë (1818-1848) for her novel
Wuthering Heights, in which the main character and antihero is named
Thrushcross Grange Heathcliff, called
Heathcliff... [
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Iwa f JapaneseThis name can be used as 岩 (gan, iwa) meaning "rock, crag" or 磐 (han, ban, iwa), with the same meaning as 岩.... [
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Iwao m JapaneseThis name can be used as 巌 (gan, iwa, iwao, kewa.shii) or 巖 (gan, iwa, iwao, kewa.shii) which both mean "rock, crag."... [
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Khadbaatar m MongolianFrom the Mongolian
хад (khad) meaning "crag, cliff" and
баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".
Khadkhuyag m MongolianFrom the Mongolian
хад (khad) meaning "crag, cliff" and
хуяг (khuyag) meaning "armour".
Klinta f LatvianDerived from Latvian
klints "rock; cliff". This name was used by Latvian writer Ilze Indrāne in her novel
Ūdensnesējs (1971).
Klints m Latvian (Rare)Derived from Latvian
klints "rock; cliff". In use since the late Middle Ages, this name is rare in modern times.
Liangyan m & f Chineseliang means "elevation, beam, mast, bridge" and
yan can mean "beautiful, gorgeous" and "rocks, cliff".
Lingyan f & m ChineseThis name could be formed with 灵 (Ling) meaning "Soul, Spirit", 铃 (Ling) meaning "Chime, Bell", 鈴 (Ling) "Small Bell, Bud, Boll", and possibly 綾 (Ling) meaning "Damask, Thin Silk" (likely feminine), plus 艳 (Yan) meaning "Gorgeous, Beautiful" (often feminine) or 岩 (Yan) meaning "rocks, cliff", and other characters are possible, that are pronounced in the same fashion... [
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Mingyan f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave" and combined with Chinese 艳 (yàn) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous" (which is usually only feminine) or 岩 (yán) meaning "cliff, rocks".
Penha f Portuguese (Brazilian)Derived from Portuguese
penha "cliff, rock", usually used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary
Nossa Senhora da Penha.
Qadan m & f MongolianDerived from Mongolian хад
(khad) meaning "cliff, crag, rock, boulder".
Rupilius m Ancient RomanFrom a Roman nomen gentile, which was probably derived from Latin
rupes "rock, cliff". This name was borne by a Roman statesman from the 2nd century BC.
Þórbergr m Old NorseFrom the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor) combined with the element -
bergr, which is associated with Old Norse
berg,
bjarg meaning "mountain, cliff" (from Proto-Germanic *
bergaz) but may be derived from the present stem of the Old Norse verb
bjarga "to save, to help" (making it a masculine equivalent of
Þórbjǫrg; also compare
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Vada m & f YiMeans "high cliff" in Yi.
Vahxe m & f YiMeans "surrounding cliff" in Yi.
Wenyan f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 文
(wén) meaning "language, writing" or 汶
(wèn) referring to a river in China combined with 雁
(yàn) "wild goose" or 岩
(yán) "cliff, mountain", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Xiaoyan f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 晓
(xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand", 筱
(xiǎo) meaning "small bamboo" or 小
(xiǎo) meaning "small" combined with 燕
(yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" or 岩
(yán) meaning "cliff, rocks"... [
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Xueyan f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 雪
(xuě) meaning "snow" or 学
(xué) meaning "study, learning, school" combined with 巖
(yán) meaning "cliff, rock" or "dangerous, important", 艳
(yàn) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous", 彦
(yàn) meaning "elegant, handsome, learned", or 淹
(yān) meaning "flood, submerge, soak"... [
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Yanfeng m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 延
(yán) meaning "stretch, prolong", 岩
(yán) meaning "cliff, rocks", 彦
(yàn) meaning "elegant, handsome, learned", or 艳
(yàn) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous" combined with 風
(fēng) meaning "wind, style", 峰
(fēng) meaning "peak, summit", or 凤
(fèng) meaning "male phoenix"... [
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Yanming m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 彦
(yàn) meaning "elegant, handsome, learned", 燕
(yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)", 衍
(yán) meaning "overflow, spill over", or 岩
(yán) meaning "cliff, rocks" combined with 明
(míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 鸣
(míng) "sing, call, cry"... [
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Zoram m MormonZoram has five plausible etymologies, though only the first etymology given below is attested in an ancient Semitic source (see below). The first three of the five are only slightly different from each other: "The Rock is the (divine) kinsman," "Rock of the people," and "Their Rock." These three plausible etymologies will be discussed in that order, with the first discussion supplying most of the basic information... [
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