Klepper

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
  2. 2
    A surname from German.; A surname from Yiddish

Etymology

* As an East German (Silesian) surname, dialectal variant of Klöpfer, Klopfer (“doorknocker”). * Also as a German surname, from the verb klappern (“to chatter”). * As a rare German surname, from the noun Klepper (“nag, old horse”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קלעפּן (klepn, “to stick”), for which see kleben.

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