Family name origins & meanings
- English : possibly from Middle English cloutere, clutere, an occupational name for a cobbler or patcher, from an agent derivative of cloute, clut(e) ‘patch’.
- Possibly an altered form of German Klutterer, an occupational name for a traveling entertainer, Middle High German kluterære, or a shortened form of Klüttermann ‘clodhopper’, a nickname for a peasant.