The story
- Yiddish · derived fromקלעפּן“to stick”
- English todayKlepper
* As an East German (Silesian) surname, dialectal variant of Klöpfer, Klopfer (“doorknocker”). * Also as a German surname, from the verb klappern (“to chatter”). * As a rare German surname, from the noun Klepper (“nag, old horse”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קלעפּן (klepn, “to stick”), for which see kleben.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.