The klug Surname
klug Name Meaning and History
- German: nickname from eastern Middle High German kluc ‘wise’, ‘prudent’, or from the western form kluoc, which had the sense ‘noble’, ‘refined’; the word came into German from Middle Dutch cloec (see Klock) via Middle Low German klok (see Kloke).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German and Yiddish klug ‘clever’, ‘wise’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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