from the Dutch family name Kluiver,
Kluyver, Cluyver, occupational name for a court
official, originally a hangman or torturer. Some Mennonites so named
migrated to West Prussia in the 17th century.
North German:
topographic name from cleve ‘swamp’. Compare Klever 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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