Cleveland Family History
Cleveland Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places in Devon Essex or the North Yorkshire formed from the genitive plural (clifa) of Old English clif ‘bank slope’ + land ‘land’. Americanized form (and a rare Norwegian variant) of Norwegian Kleveland or its variant Kleiveland and also of Kleven or its variant Kleiven.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022