The klemm Surname
klemm Name Meaning and History
- from Middle High German klem ‘narrow’, ‘tight’, ‘scarce’, hence a nickname for a thin or inhibited person, or alternatively a topographic name for someone living in a narrow, precipitous place, from the Middle High German noun form klemme ‘constriction’.
- short form of the personal name Klemens.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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