The klock Surname
klock Name Meaning and History
- nickname from Middle Dutch or Low German cloec, clo(o)c ‘deft’, ‘skillful’, ‘clever’.
- habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a bell, Middle High German glocke, Middle Dutch clocke. In some instances this may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a bell maker or bell ringer.
- nickname from de Kloke ‘the wise one’, from Middle Low German kloke ‘wise person’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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