From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English. Clifton is derived from the two Old English words, “clif” which means "cliff", or in this case "a river bank", and “tun” which means a "settlement or an enclosure".
Clifton Related Names Diminutive: Cliff
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