Wycliffe

English

Etymology

From Old English wiht (“bend”) + clif (“escarpment, hill-slope; riverbank”).

Proper noun

Wycliffe (countable and uncountable, plural Wycliffes)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in Wycliffe with Thorpe parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1114).
   2. A neighbourhood of Modesto, California, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Wycliffe with Thorpe
• Wycliffian
• Wycliffism
• Wycliffist
• Wycliffite

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wycliffe is the 200455^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101 individuals.

Further reading

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