Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kleber isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kleber through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 119
- 119 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 756 as a first name in 2020; 1,070 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kleber’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Kleber has a related form in Cléber. In German usage, Kleber as a surname has a related form in KLEIBER.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kleber
- Kleber Mendonça FilhoBrazilian film directorborn 1968
- SilvaBrazilian association football playerborn 1981
- Kleber RomeroBrazilian association football playerborn 1976
- CrioloBrazilian recording artist, singer, rapperborn 1975
- Kleber Koike ErbstJapanese mixed martial artistborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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