Surname · also Dutch

de Klerk

de Klerk is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Afrikaans. It is used in English, Dutch, and Afrikaans.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

de Klerk comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Afrikaans.

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How it developed

From Dutch de Klerk, from Afrikaans de Klerk.

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de Klerk’s family of names

In Dutch usage, de Klerk as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form LECLERC. In Dutch usage, de Klerk as a surname has a related form in de Cler. In Dutch usage, de Klerk as a surname has a related form in De Clerck.

Walk de Klerk’s family in the name graph

de KlerkDeclerckDeklerkDeclerqDeclercqDe Clercqde Clerde KlerDe KlerckDe ClerckKlerkLeclercде Клерк

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

de Klerk has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Afrikaans roots to each of them.

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12 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Deboer

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Sibling ideas

Names that share de Klerk’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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