Kleber

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kleber is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name5.3K records spelled Kleber2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Kléber

• Hindi given name460 records spelled Kleber3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ecuador

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Kléber

• Lao given name339 records spelled Kleber5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Kléber, Klèbèr

• Japanese given name253 records spelled Kleber2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Ecuador, Peru

  Also written Kléber

• Russian surname208 records spelled Kleber8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Ecuador

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Клебер, Kléber, Клебэр

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kleber is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Occupational surname: from a maker/user of glue or a dauber/plasterer; also used for a sticky/clinging person.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

• German 1. from an agent derivate of kleben ‘to bind or stick’, hence an occupational name for someone who applied clay daub on buildings or, in Swabia, for someone who applied whitewash. 2. habitational name from various occurrences of Kleber as a field name; the etymology is uncertain. 3. perhaps a habitational name for someone from Cleve in Westphalia (see Kleve).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Portuguese, alternative spelling of Cléber

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Jean, French general

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, Berufsname für einen, der Lehmwände macht bzw. mit Lehm verstreicht; zu mhd. kleber/kleiber. Bearer count: 1879.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 102 years between 1923–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kleber Fernandesb. 1950BRBrazilian politician
• Kleber Mendonça Filhob. 1968BRBrazilian film director
• Criolob. 1975BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian recording artist, singer, rapper
• Kleber Romerob. 1976BRBrazilian association football player
• Kleber dos Santos Neveb. 1976BRcyclist
• Kleber Rogerio do Carmo Silvab. 1981BRBrazilian association football player
• Kléber Gladiadorb. 1983BRBrazilian footballer
• Kleber Jankeb. 1988BRBrazilian footballer
• Kleber Koike Erbstb. 1989JPJapanese mixed martial artist
• Kleber Esteve RamellsESSpanish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 277 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kleber?

We estimate roughly 57 thousand people bear Kleber (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Kleber have the most bearers?

We estimate about 35 thousand people bear Kleber in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kleber.

Where is Kleber most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kleber is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 811 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Kleber compared with other names?

In Brazil, Kleber is the 651st most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Kleber a male or female name?

Kleber is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Kleber mean?

Recorded meaning: German surname from an occupational/characteristic byname: from mhd.