Family name origins & meanings
- German : from a pet form of the personal name Nikolaus (see Nicholas).
- German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German klūben ‘to pick’ ‘gather’, hence a nickname for a thief or an occupational name for a person who sorted out ore-containing rocks.
- German : variant of Kleuber, an occupational name for a stone cutter or mason, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kliuben ‘to split’.