The klotz Surname
klotz Name Meaning and History
- German: nickname for a clumsy, awkward man, from Middle High German klotz ‘lump’, ‘block’, cognate with modern English clot, which is similarly used in a transferred sense to denote a stupid person.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): cognate of 1, from modern German Klotz ‘lump’, ‘block’, or Yiddish klots.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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