Cleverly Family History

English: habitational name in southern England perhaps an irregular development of Cleveley (Oxforshire) or from a lost place perhaps in Hampshire named from Old English clæfre ‘clover’ + lēah ‘wood clearing’. In northern England probably from Claverley in Shropshire named from the same elements or possibly from Cleveley in Lancashire (named with Old English clif ‘bank slope’ + lēah) with intrusive -r- under the influence of cleverly.

The overall pattern suggests that the southern origin is the dominant one.