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American zydeco musician (1925–1987)
Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987) was an American musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music that arose from Creole music
Clifton_Chenier
American zydeco musician, singer and songwriter
J. Chenier (born Clayton Joseph Thompson, September 28, 1957) is an American zydeco musician. He is the son of zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. In 1987
C._J._Chenier
Music genre developed in Louisiana, U.S.
accepted by musician Clifton Chenier (who had earlier recorded "Zodico Stomp" in 1955) in his recording "Zydeco Sont Pas Salés". Chenier later claimed credit
Zydeco
1982 studio album by Clifton Chenier
I'm Here! is an album by the American musician Clifton Chenier. It was released in 1982 via Alligator Records. Alligator licensed the album in the hope
I'm_Here!_(album)
1975 studio album by Clifton Chenier
Bogalusa Boogie is a studio album by the American zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. It was released in 1975 via Arhoolie Records. The album was inducted
Bogalusa_Boogie
American musician (1933–2003)
(1992) and to focus on her relationship in later life with her assistant, Clifton Henderson, who died in 2006; Simone's daughter, Lisa Simone Kelly, has
Nina_Simone
Name list
four-star general Clifton Chenier (1925–1987), American zydeco musician Clifton Collins Jr. (born 1970), American actor Clifton Daniel (1912–2000), American
Clifton_(given_name)
CD)]. Hit FM (Taiwan). November 7, 2001. Clifton Chenier (King of Zydeco): "'King of Zydeco' : Clifton Chenier, 62; Cajun Accordionist". Los Angeles Times
Honorific nicknames in popular music
Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music
2025 compilation album by various artists
Publishing. The "King of Zydeco" celebrated in the album title is Clifton Chenier, using a frequent nickname for the musician. The album won Best Regional
A Tribute to the King of Zydeco
A_Tribute_to_the_King_of_Zydeco
American singer (born 1953)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Chaka_Khan
American dancer and actor (1899–1987)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Fred_Astaire
American actor
Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American film and television actor. He is a Primetime Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Satellite
Clifton_Collins_Jr.
American singer (1943–1970)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Janis_Joplin
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Paul_Simon
Percussion instrument used in zydeco music
was designed by Clifton Chenier in 1946 while he and his brother Cleveland were working at an oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Chenier commissioned the
Vest_frottoir
1984 award ceremony for music
Milsap Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Clifton Chenier for I'm Here performed by Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band Best Gospel Performance
26th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
American singer (1937–2025)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Roberta_Flack
American actress and singer (1922–2019)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Doris_Day
American girl group
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Salt-N-Pepa
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Joan_Baez
American singer (born 1950)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Ann_Wilson
2006 American film
Little Chenier is a 2006 American drama film directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf and written by Jace Johnson and Wolf. It is set in the bayous of Louisiana
Little_Chenier
American singer and actress (born 1944)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Diana_Ross
American singer and actor (1917–1995)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Dean_Martin
Louisiana French ethnicity
recording artist; Clifton Chenier the King of Zydeco, routinely self-identified as a Black Cajun: "Bonjour, comment ça va monsieur?" Clifton Chenier greeted his
Cajuns
Ethnic group of Louisiana, USA
Similarly, Clifton Chenier the King of Zydeco, routinely self-identified as a Black Cajun: "Bonjour, comment ça va monsieur?" Clifton Chenier greeted his
Louisiana_Creole_people
Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Bob_Marley
American country singer (1932–1963)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Patsy_Cline
Music award given to performers or groups
King, Patti Page, Ravi Shankar, The Temptations 2014 The Beatles, Clifton Chenier, The Isley Brothers, Kraftwerk, Kris Kristofferson, Armando Manzanero
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award
American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke by Daniel Wolff, S. R. Crain, Clifton White, and G. David Tenenbaum (1995) ISBN 0-688-12403-8 One More River
Sam_Cooke
American musician (1926–2017)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Chuck_Berry
English musician (1943–2001)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
George_Harrison
Topics referred to by the same term
strips of marshes. Chenier may also mean: André Chénier (1762–1794), French poet C. J. Chenier (born 1957), American musician Clifton Chenier (1925–1987), American
Chenier_(disambiguation)
American rock musician (born 1947)
2019. Cameron, Keith (October 2003). "Jack & Iggy". Mojo. No. 119. p. 98. Clifton, Jane (July 16, 1979). "Iggy Pop Sets Tour Scene". The Dominion. Barman
Iggy_Pop
American singer (1926–2023)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Tony_Bennett
American musician and songwriter (1932–2020)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Little_Richard
American singer (1940–2020)
Roger, Papa Cairo, and Jimmy C. Newman, as well as zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, all of whom would exert a strong influence on Bernard's music. Around
Rod_Bernard
American singer and actor (1925–1990)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Sammy_Davis_Jr.
American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Ray_Charles
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Richard_Pryor
1946 song by Louis Jordan
identified as inspiring "Come On" by Earl King and "Bon Ton Roulet" by Clifton Chenier. In 1961 at the 3rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, Ray Charles won
Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)
Let_the_Good_Times_Roll_(Louis_Jordan_song)
American blues guitarist and singer (born 1936)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Buddy_Guy
American musical duo
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Everly_Brothers
Mexican and American guitarist (born 1947)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Carlos_Santana
American rhythm and blues group
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Temptations
American musical group
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Isley_Brothers
American singer and actor (1936–2024)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Kris_Kristofferson
Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Joni_Mitchell
American actress and singer (1922–1969)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Judy_Garland
American rock band
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Talking_Heads
List of sound recordings preserved in the U.S. Library of Congress
1949)" (PDF). Library of Congress. "Clara Schumann and the LOC". WNYC. "Clifton Chenier and the Bogalusa Boogie". WNYC. "2016 National Recording Registry inductees"
National_Recording_Registry
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Neil_Diamond
American musical duo
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Simon_&_Garfunkel
American singer (born 1940)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Smokey_Robinson
American singer and actor (1927–2023)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Harry_Belafonte
American singer (1948–2012)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Donna_Summer
English rock band
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Rolling_Stones
American accordionist and singer (1939–2025)
accordion after being influenced by his father and zydeco musician Clifton Chenier. He was given the nickname "Flaco" (which translates in English as
Flaco_Jiménez
American rock band (1987–1994)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Nirvana_(band)
American guitarist (1942–1970)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Jimi_Hendrix
American musician (1933–2006)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
James_Brown
British-Australian music group
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Bee_Gees
American rock band
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Doors
American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Roy_Orbison
American country musician (born 1933)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Willie_Nelson
Johnny Cash Bobby Charles Ray Charles Boozoo Chavis Chubby Checker Clifton Chenier Lou Christie June Christy Eugene Church Joe Clay Dee Clark Patsy Cline
List_of_1950s_musical_artists
American rock band
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Beach_Boys
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist (1912–1982)
Song & Dance (Arhoolie, 1967) shared disc with Mance Lipscomb and Clifton Chenier Texas Blues Man (Arhoolie, 1967) Free Form Patterns (International
Lightnin'_Hopkins
American musician (born 1941)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
George Clinton (funk musician)
George_Clinton_(funk_musician)
English punk rock band (1976–1986)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
The_Clash
British rock band
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Queen_(band)
American guitarist (born 1954)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Nancy_Wilson_(rock_musician)
Singer-songwriter and actress (1939–2023)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Tina_Turner
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
David_Bowie
English actress, singer and author (born 1935)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Julie_Andrews
American composer and songwriter (1928–2023)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Burt_Bacharach
German electronic music band
Temptations Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 With: The Beatles, Clifton Chenier, The Isley Brothers, Kris Kristofferson, Armando Manzanero Succeeded by
Kraftwerk
American singer (born 1944)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Brenda_Lee
American soul singer (1942–2018)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Aretha_Franklin
American musician (1935–2022)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Jerry_Lee_Lewis
American singer-songwriter (1942–1999)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Curtis_Mayfield
Cafe and club in New York City
Other national acts played the cafe, including The Blues Brothers, Clifton Chenier, the blues duo Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Toots & the Maytalls, Wilson
Lone_Star_Cafe
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1942)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Carole_King
American jazz musician (1926–1991)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Miles_Davis
American singer-songwriter (1971–1995)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Selena
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Bob_Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1949)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Bonnie_Raitt
American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Dizzy_Gillespie
Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Julio_Iglesias
American singer and actress (born 1942)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Barbra_Streisand
American country music singer (1918–2008)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Eddy_Arnold
American musical group
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Earth,_Wind_&_Fire
American singer and conductor (born 1950)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Bobby_McFerrin
American singer, songwriter, and musician (1923–1953)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Hank_Williams
American hip-hop group
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Run-DMC
American singer (1958–2009)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Michael_Jackson
American rapper (born 1969)
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Roxanne_Shante
1990 studio album by Rory Gallagher
of Zydeco" is inspired by the music of Clifton Chenier whom Gallagher called the "B.B. King of Zydeco". Chenier died before Gallagher was able to meet
Fresh_Evidence
English rock supergroup
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Cream_(band)
English heavy metal band
Carole King Patti Page Ravi Shankar The Temptations 2014 The Beatles Clifton Chenier The Isley Brothers Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson Armando Manzanero Maud
Black_Sabbath
CLIFTON CHENIER
CLIFTON CHENIER
Boy/Male
English American Teutonic
Settlement on a hill, or from the headland estate. From an Old English surname and place name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Clayton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of numerous places named Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lifton in Devon, named in Old English as ‘farmstead (Old English tūn) on the Lew’, a Celtic river name meaning ‘the bright one’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Farm Near the Cliff
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Crafton in Buckinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘the estate (tūn) where wild saffron (croh) grew’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Claxton, for example in County Durham, Norfolk, and North Yorkshire, probably from the Old Norse personal name Klakkr (see Clack) or possibly from Old English clacc ‘hill’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Jamaican
From a Town Near a Cliff; Settlement by the Cliff
Boy/Male
English American
Settlement on a cliff. From an Old English surname and place name, used only occasionally as a...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places called Crofton, for example in Cumbria, Greater London (formerly in Kent), Hampshire, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire, and West Yorkshire. Most of these are named from Old English croft ‘paddock’, ‘vegetable garden’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, but the one in Greater London probably has as its first element Old English cropp ‘swelling’, ‘mound’ (compare Cropper) and that in Lincolnshire Old English croh ‘saffron’ (from Latin crocus).A family called Crofton was established in Ireland by John Crofton (died 1610), who held high office under Elizabeth I and acquired vast estates when he accompanied Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy, into Ireland in 1565.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, CLINTON means "settlement near the headland."Â
Boy/Male
English
From the Town Near a Cliff; Diminutive of Clifton
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and elsewhere, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
English
From the town near a cliff.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Farm Near the Cliff
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, named Clopton from Old English clopp(a) ‘rock’, ‘hill’ + tūn ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Clayton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Bedfordshire called Flitton. The meaning of the place name, recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as Flictham, is unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lipton in East Allington, Devon, which is probably named from Old English tūn ‘settlement’ with an uncertain first element.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of McClinton.English : habitational name, either from Glympton in Oxfordshire, named as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the Glym river’, a Celtic river name meaning ‘bright stream’, or from Glinton in Cambridgeshire, recorded in 1060 as Clinton (named with an unrecorded Old English element akin to Middle Low German glinde ‘enclosure’, ‘fence’ + Old English tūn).Charles Clinton (born 1690 in Longford, Ireland) organized a group of colonists and founded the settlement of Little Britain, Ulster county, NY, in 1731. His son George Clinton (1739–1812) was governor of NY (1777–95), and they had many prominent descendants.
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n.
A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
n.
A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.
a.
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
n. pl.
A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
a.
Broken; fissured.
n.
A cliff.
n.
One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
n.
The fork of the legs; the crotch.
n.
An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
n.
A chiton.