An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England. • A male given name transferred from the surname. • A placename: • A locale in England: • A suburb of Bristol (OS grid ref ST5773). • A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1638). • A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY5326). • A village in Clifton and Compton parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1644). • A small town in Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7802). • A village in Newton-with-Clifton parish, Fylde district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4630). • A small village in Newall with Clifton parish, Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1948). • A suburb partly within Clifton Without parish, City of York, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5953). • A hamlet in Stannington parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2082). • An outer suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5534). • A hamlet in Deddington parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4831). • A village in Conisbrough Parks parish, Doncaster borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5196). • A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4392). • A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1522). • A small village in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8446). • A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. • A locale in New Zealand: • A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. • A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. • A village in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. • A neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan. • A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. • A town on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. • A locale in the United States: • A town, the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona. • A census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado; named for nearby cliffs. • A minor city in Franklin County, Idaho. • A village in Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois; named for Clifton Hotel in Chicago. • An unincorporated community in Brownsville Township, Union County, Indiana. • A minor city in Clay County and Washington County, Kansas; named for a surveyor who platted the city. • A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. • An unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. • A town in Penobscot County, Maine. • An unincorporated community in the towns of Swampscott and Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. • A ghost town in Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan. • An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Missouri. • An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri; named for early settlers George and William J. Cliff. • A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada; named for nearby cliffs. • A city in Passaic County, New Jersey. • A town in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for nearby Clifton Iron Mine. • A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City. • An unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina. • A village in Clark County and Greene County, Ohio; named for nearby cliffs. • A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. • An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs. • An unincorporated community in Hood River County, Oregon; named for nearby cliffs. • A city in Wayne County, Tennessee. • A city in Bosque County, Texas; named for nearby cliffs and originally named Cliff Town. • A town in Fairfax County, Virginia. • Former name of Belfair: a locality in Mason, Washington. • A town in Grant County, Wisconsin; named for early resident and benefactor Bosman Clifton. • A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin. • A town in Pierce County, Wisconsin. • A number of townships, listed under Clifton Township.