Staincliffe

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Stancliff, Stancliffe

Etymology

From Old English stān (“stone”) + clif (“cliff”).

Proper noun

Staincliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Staincliffes)

1. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2323).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Staincliffe is the 37224^th most common surname in England, belonging to 88 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staincliffe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.