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Number 6 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number
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Clive at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Western numerology
- 6
- Indian numerology
- 8
- Characters
- 5
- Popular
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What does Clive mean?
Clive is a baby name with English, Anglo context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Cliff by the river; Cliff Lives at the cliffs From an English surname and place name Famous bearer 18th century British soldier and statesman Robert Clive was....
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Clare
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A variant of Clara St Clare (or Clara) of Assisi founded the Poor Clares order of nuns in the early 12th century; Bright; Clear and Bright; Diminutive of Clarence: Clear; Variant of Clara: From the feminine form of the Latin adjective 'clarus' meaning bright...
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famous; shining and gentle; Variant of Claire or Clarice Bright
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Clifton
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Settlement on a cliff From an Old English surname and place name, used only occasionally as a first name
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Brothers for Clive
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Boy
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Clifton
Boy
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Settlement on a cliff From an Old English surname and place name, used only occasionally as a first name
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Clint
Boy
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Diminutive of Clinton: Settlement on a hill, or from the headland estate Famous bearer: Clint Eastwood
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Sister names
Sisters for Clive
Claiborne
Unisex
English
born of the earth; Variant of Clayborne: Stream by a clay bed
134 family views
Clare
Unisex
Indian
A variant of Clara St Clare (or Clara) of Assisi founded the Poor Clares order of nuns in the early 12th century; Bright; Clear and Bright; Diminutive of Clarence: Clear; Variant of Clara: From the feminine form of the Latin adjective 'clarus' meaning bright...
197 family views
Claressa
Girl
English
famous; shining and gentle; Variant of Claire or Clarice Bright
128 family views
Claribel
Girl
English
A variant of the Latin Clara, meaning bright or clear; Bright; Variant of Clara: From the feminine form of the Latin adjective 'clarus' meaning bright or clear Also distinguished Famous bearer: Twelfth century St Clare (or Clara) of Assisi founded the Poor...
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Clarice
Girl
English
A variant of the Latin Clara, meaning bright or clear also a variant of Claire or Clarice Bright; famous; shining and gentle; Variant of Clara: From the feminine form of the Latin adjective 'clarus' meaning bright or clear Also distinguished
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Clifford
Boy
Indian
Ford near a slope From an Old English surname and place name, used commonly as a first name since the late 19th century Famous bearer: pianist Sir Clifford Curzon; Ford near the cliff; 'Henry VI, Part 2' Lord Clifford Also Young Clifford, son to Lord...
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From the headland farm; Near a Hill; Place Name; Settlement on a hill, or from the headland estate From an Old English surname and place name; Surname
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