Klier Family History
Klier Name Meaning
Jewish (from Galicia) German and Czech: artificial name (for Jews) and nickname (for Germans and Czechs) from German dialect Klier ‘castrated cock’. German (central and south): variant of Glüher an occupational name for a blacksmith from Middle High German glüejen glüen ‘to make glow forge’. Czech: occupational name from Middle High German klieben ‘to split (wood or stone)’ (see German Kleiber ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022