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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the south and eastern German personal name Kloss, a short form of Nikolaus, German form of Nicholas. Compare Klos. The form Klöss is found in Württemberg and Rhineland.
  • German : nickname from Sorbian klos ‘lanky child’ (literally ‘stalk’).

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