Cleg Surname Guide

The name Cleg is closely linked to Clegg. It is a place-based name: “from Clegg, near Rochdale in Lancashire”.

• Without the “g” of Clegg, Cleg is a simpler written form of the same name.
• The same family of names includes Clegge.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Cleg family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your Cleg family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.