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elliff Name Meaning and History

  1. from the Middle English female personal name Ayleve, Aylgive, Old English Æ{dh}elgifu, composed of the elements æ{dh}el ‘noble’ + gifu ‘gift’, which was borne by a daughter of King Alfred the Great, who became abbess of Shaftesbury.
  2. from the Old Norse byname Eilífr, which is composed of the elements ei ‘always’ + lífr ‘life’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of elliff Families in the US in 1920
Number of elliff families
 12-22
 5-11		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 10 - Messages: 44
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Evard Elliff Maria Elliff CatherineStroud 3
Elliffs in Surrey/Harry & Margaret Annie, Cecil & Kate Moongazer17 1
Elliff-Stroud Nancy George Ann Elliff 6
researching my family Diane Elliff Barkley 12
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY and Greetings from OK gec 4
Willie Nora Elliff Terry Littleton 2
Elliff's in MO, MS, OK, OR, TN, TX Heather Lippe 1
Philip Charles Elliff Bob Sinclair 2
Ellif of TN Steve Speck 3
Elliffs in IL Jeff White 0
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