English: occupational name for a nailer, from an agent
derivative of Old French clou ‘nail’. Compare Cloutier.
Americanized spelling of German Klauer (or the variant
Clauer) or of Glauer, a nickname from Middle High German
glau, glou ‘intelligent’, ‘circumspect’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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