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Heathcliff

HEATH-klif

Rare & Uncommon → Stable

✦ Meaning

“English surname meaning 'cliff by a heath,' immortalized by Emily Brontë's dark Wuthering Heights protagonist. Brooding romanticism with gothic literary resonance.”

Popularity Over Time

Heathcliff US popularity rank over timeRank 13643 in 2011 to rank 11510 in 2020. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#11510#12577#13643201120202024

Heathcliff is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Old English

Syllables

2

Nicknames

HeathCliff

Style

RomanticLiteraryStrongBold

Famous Bearers

  • Heathcliff Huxtable from The Cosby Show
  • Wuthering Heights character

Collections

Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Preppy & Surname Names → Two Syllables →

Similar Names

Heath

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Clifton

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Clifford

Old English Rare & Uncommon

Harley

Old English Rare & Uncommon

Sibling Name Ideas

Catherine

Greek Beautiful But Not Top 100

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People Also Ask

English surname meaning 'cliff by a heath,' immortalized by Emily Brontë's dark Wuthering Heights protagonist. Brooding romanticism with gothic literary resonance.

Heathcliff is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. Usage has stayed pretty consistent over the past decade.

Popular nicknames for Heathcliff include Heath, Cliff.

Names that pair beautifully with Heathcliff include Catherine.