Kleid

KLIET

Yiddish surname, German

"tailor, garment, dress"

Kleid Origin and Meaning

The name Kleid is a boy's name meaning "tailor, garment, dress".

Predominantly seen as a surname among Ashkenazi Jewish families, but sometimes given as a first name too, Kleid was originally an occupational name for a tailor, derived from the Old German word for "clothing, garment, or dress".

There is a possibility however that it may derive from the Ancient Greek Kleidemos, meaning "the glorious people", or from the Albanian Kleidi or the place name Kleidis, both derived from the Greek word for "key".