Släkthistoria för Kloeppel
Kloeppel Vad efternamn betyder
German (Klöppel): from Klöppel ‘clapper’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a bell-ringer or any craftsman using a clapper-like instrument in his work. Compare Klopfer. The same word was also used to denote a clumsy youth and the surname could equally have arisen from a nickname with this sense.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
