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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Belief m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something."

Chaff m English (American), Popular Culture

Chief m English (Rare)
Derived from the English-speaking word chief, which is another word for a leader.

Cleff m English

Ethelwolf m English (Rare, Archaic)

Ethelwulf m Anglo-Saxon, English
Mordern form of Æðelwulf.

Geff m English

Goff m Medieval English, English (Rare)
Short form of Godfrey and Goffrey/Geoffrey.

Greenleaf m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Greenleaf.

Grif m English
Alternate spelling of Griff, a diminutive of Griffith or Griffin. Grif Teller (1899-1993), an American painter, is a notable bearer of this name.

Griff m English, Welsh
Short form of Griffin or Griffith.

Gundulf m Germanic, English
Means "wolf of war", derived from Old High German gund "war" combined with Gothic vulfs "wolf." A bearer of this name was Gundulf of Rochester, who lived in the first half of the Middle Ages.

Heathcliff m English, Literature
Combination of Heath and Cliff, meaning "heath near a cliff". It was created by Emily Brontë (1818-1848) for her novel Wuthering Heights, in which the main character and antihero is named Thrushcross Grange Heathcliff, called Heathcliff... [more]

Huff m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a transferred use of the surname Huff or a short form of Humphrey.

Joesef m English
Variant of Josef.

Joff m Medieval English, English (Rare)
Medieval English variant of Goff. From the 20th century onwards, Joff has also been used as a short form of Joffre, which happens to be etymologically related.

Kliff m English (Modern)
Variation of Cliff.

Kristoff m English, Popular Culture, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Flemish
Variant of Christoph. This is the name of Kristoff Bjorgman from Frozen.

Leaf m & f English
Either from the surname or from the English word leaf.

Ratcliff m English (Rare)
Variant of Radcliff. A known bearer is the American football player Ratcliff Thomas (1974-).

Ratliff m English
Transferred use of the surname Ratliff.

Reef f & m English
From late 16th century (earlier as riff ) from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif, literally ‘rib’, used in the same sense.

Reef m English (Modern, Rare)
A name given in reference to a reef 'ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.'

Reif m English (Rare)
Variant of Ralph.

Rudolff m English
Variant of Rudolf.

Staff m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Staff.

Tiff f & m English
Short form of Tiffany. This name is more commonly used on women than on men.

Waldorf m English
This name is used in The Muppets Christmas Carol 1992.

Wiclef m English
Variant of Wyclef.

Wyclef m English (Modern), Haitian Creole (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wyclef. A known bearer of this name is the Haitian-American artist Wyclef Jean.

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