| ![Show Contents]() Kleiber History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of KleiberWhat does the name Kleiber mean? The Yiddish word "kleyn" means 'small'. But many of the compound variations created using "Klein" as a prefix are ornamental or topographical in origin (such as Kleinburg, combining 'small' with 'hill'). Kleiber Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Klein, Kleiner, Kleinman, Kleinerman, Klain, Klainer, Klainman, Kline, Kliner, Klyne, Cline, Clyne, Kleinbaum, Kleinber, Kleinberger, Kleinfeld, Kleinhaus and many more. Kleiber Rankingthe United States, the name Kleiber is the 17,282nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
| Kleiber migration to the United States | + |
Kleiber Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Georg Kleiber, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1767 2
- Henrich Kleiber, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1767 2
Kleiber Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Jacob Kleiber, aged 32, who landed in Missouri in 1847 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Kleiber (post 1700) | + |
- Max Kleiber (1893-1976), Swiss agricultural biologist
- Günther Kleiber (b. 2013), former East German politician
- Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004), German-born Austrian conductor
- Charles Kleiber (1942-2025), Swiss government official who served as a state secretary
- Dávid Kleiber (b. 1990), Hungarian football player
- Stanislava Kleiber (1937-2003), Slovenian ballerina
- Erich Kleiber (1890-1956), Austrian conductor
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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