Close Family History
Close Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos from Late Latin clausum past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place. English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’ applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person. Dutch: variant of Cloos . German: variant of Klose and in North America (also) an altered form of this. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022