User:Robbeclevers/Clevers

Clevers is a family or surname that is most common worldwide in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Popular name bearers

 * Hans Clevers, Dutch molecular biologist
 * Yade Clevers, Dutch singer
 * Lyne Clevers (Céline Marie Rhalavsky), French singer

Origin
According to the Dictionary of the family names in Belgium and Northern France of Debrabandere and De Baets, Clevers may have originated from "Kleber" and the origin of this family name is:


 * variant of the German Klaiber = mason;
 * Germanized form of glute = trembling, a nickname;
 * resident of the city of Kleve.