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Heathcliff

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

surname-style, "heath cliff"; Wuthering Heights' tempestuous, obsessive lover

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1920s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Heathcliff peaked in the 1920s.

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