The English and Welsh surname Clough is a topographic name for someone who lived near a precipitous slope, derived from the Middle English term clough (Old English cloh) meaning “a ravine.” Early records of the name include Roster Clogh of Oxfordshire in 1279 and John del Clogh of Yorkshire in 1298. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1622 when Humphrey Clough arrived in Virginia. Today there are approximately 9,000 bearers of the name Clough living in the US.

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