Heathcliff
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HEETH-klif
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Heathcliff is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “heath + cliff”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Heathcliff mean?
English: from heath + cliff
“heath + cliff”
Heathcliff is the brooding anti-hero of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Heathcliff a girl's or a boy's name?
Heathcliff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heathcliff in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Heathcliff, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Heathcliff in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
Nicknames for Heathcliff
- Heath 61 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Heathcliff
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hunter, Hudson, Henry, Koa, Hugo, Yusuf, Cooper, Carter, Jaxon, Harris, Frankie, Huxley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Heathcliff: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heathcliff, updated 20 October 2026.