Given name & surname · also German

Klipp

Klipp is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Klipp comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Klipp, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Klipp’s family of names

In English usage, Klipp as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Cliff. In English usage, Klipp as a surname has a related form in Klippe.

Walk Klipp’s family in the name graph

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

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

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

Similar names

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Germanic

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“wooden bowl”

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Koop

“to buy”

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Kvido

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Iitti

“work, effectiveness”

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Huckstep

Huckstep is a surname.

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Ingjaldr

Ingjaldr is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Norse.

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Kārlis

Kārlis is a masculine given name from Germanic. It is used in Latvian.

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Sibling ideas

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