Klee (surname)
Klee is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Variations include Kleefeld, Kleeblatt, Kleegman, Kleiman, Kleeman and Kleeberg. In German, it means "clover" and is possibly a toponymic surname like Feldman.
According to researchers at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, the name Klee originates from the Greek Kalonymos, a translation of the Hebrew "shem tov" meaning "good name". Klee is documented as a Jewish surname in Alsace in France since the 18th century, along with similar names such as Kleemann.
In France, the name is associated with the Alsatian commune of Katzenthal, near Colmar.
People with the name Klee
- Alfred Klee, German lawyer and Zionist leader
- Bernhard Klee, German conductor
- Carsten Klee, German footballer
- Ernst Klee, German teacher, writer, and filmmaker of works about the Holocaust
- Esther Eugenie Klee-Rawidowicz, German-Jewish biologist, wife of the Polish-born American Jewish philosopher Simon Rawidowicz
- Flora Klee-Palyi, Jewish Hungarian illustrator, translator, and editor
- Heinrich Klee, German theologian
- Jean-Louis Klée, Alsatian spy
- Jean-Paul Klée, Alsatian poet
- Karl Heinz Klee, Austrian sports official
- Ken Klee, American professional ice hockey player
- Miguel Klee, Guatemalan football goalkeeper
- Ollie Klee, outfielder in Major League Baseball
- Patricia Klee, American politician
- Paul Klee, German-Swiss painter
- Raymond-Lucien Klée, French philosopher
- Ruth Judith Klee, family friend of Anne Frank
- Victor Klee, mathematician
- Waldemar Gøthrik Klee, Californian horticulturist
People with the name Kleeblatt
- Norman Kleeblatt, curator at the Jewish Museum (Manhattan)
People with the name Kleiman
- Ariel Kleiman, Australian director
- Bernard Kleiman, lawyer
- Dave Kleiman, American forensic computer expert
- Devra G. Kleiman, American biologist
- Johannes Kleiman, Dutch helper of the Frank family
- Mark A. R. Kleiman, American academic drug policy authority
- Michael Kleiman, documentary filmmaker
- Naum Kleiman, historian of cinema
- Pascal Kleiman, disc jockey
- Steven Kleiman, American mathematician
- Vladimir Kleiman, Russian scientist
People with the name Kleeman
- Alexandra Kleeman, American writer
- Jenny Kleeman, Jewish-British documentary film-maker and journalist
- Otto Kleemann, American architect
- Wilhelm Kleemann, Jewish banker
People with the name Kleefeld
- Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, American poet and author
- Hans Kleefeld, Canadian designer
- Käte Stresemann, née Kleefeld, German Weimar Republic society figure
- Kurt von Kleefeld, German lawyer
People with the name Kleeberg
- Clotilde Kleeberg, French pianist
- Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general
- Michael Kleeberg, German writer and translator
- Minna Kleeberg, German-American poet
- Sophie Kleeberg, German shot putter
People with the name Kleegman
- Sophia Kleegman, Russian American obstetrician, gynecologist, and sex education advocate