Hinchcliffe Explained

Hinchcliffe
Language:	English
Language origin:	English
Meaning:	"henge" (steep) + "clif" (cliff/descent)^[1]
Variant:	Hinchcliff, Hinchliffe, Henchcliff(e), Hinchsliff
Region:	England

Hinchcliffe is an English surname deriving from the place called Hinchcliff, near Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andy Hinchcliffe (born 1969), British former footballer
• Celina Hinchcliffe (born 1976), British sports broadcaster
• James Hinchcliffe (born 1986), Canadian race car driver
• Philip Hinchcliffe (born 1944), British retired television producer, screenwriter and script editor, father of Celina Hinchcliffe
• Tony Hinchcliffe, American comedian and writer
• W.G.R. Hinchcliffe (1894–1928), German Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force flying ace

Fictional people

• Charlotte Hinchcliffe, a character in British sitcom The Inbetweeners

See also

• Hinchliffe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Hinchcliffe Last Name Origin. 2021-07-14. The Internet Surname Database.