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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname from Middle High German glenke ‘nimble’, ‘alert’.
  • from Middle High German klenken ‘to cause something to sound or ring’, hence a nickname for a gossip.
  • Czech : topographic name for someone living near a maple tree, from klen ‘maple’.

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