Staincliffe
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Stancliff, Stancliffe
Etymology
From Old English stān (“stone”) + clif (“cliff”).
Proper noun
Staincliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Staincliffes)
- A district of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE232992).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Staincliffe is the 37224th most common surname in England, belonging to 88 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staincliffe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN