Cleator

English

Etymology

From Old Norse klettr (“rock, cliff”) + erg (“shieling”), because of the presence of an outcrop of limestone cliffs near the village.

Proper noun

Cleator (countable and uncountable, plural Cleators)

1. A village in Cleator Moor parish, Copeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0113).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Derived terms

• Cleator Moor

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cleator is the 22402^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 191 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleator”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343.
• Forebears