Meaning of the nameKleber

Kleber is a spelling of the name Cléber, which means “one who glues (from German Kleber)”.

Meaning

“one who glues (from German Kleber)”

Meaning of the name Cléber, of which Kleber is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Cléber · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cléber

People (2022): 35,306
Rank in Brazil: #732
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 35,606; people

Kleber in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kleber, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (12,007 people).

138 women 35,168 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Kleber is most common

States with the highest share of people named Kleber in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,714	0.026%
Minas Gerais	3,076	0.015%
Rio de Janeiro	2,795	0.017%
Bahia	2,245	0.016%
Pernambuco	1,699	0.019%
Paraná	1,576	0.014%
Pará	1,330	0.016%
Goiás	1,287	0.018%
Santa Catarina	1,141	0.015%
Paraíba	832	0.021%
Rio Grande do Sul	732	0.007%
Distrito Federal	712	0.025%
Ceará	706	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	678	0.021%
Maranhão	667	0.010%
Espírito Santo	622	0.016%
Mato Grosso	596	0.016%
Amazonas	593	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	520	0.019%
Alagoas	422	0.014%
Piauí	380	0.012%
Sergipe	331	0.015%
Tocantins	202	0.013%
Rondônia	169	0.011%
Amapá	154	0.021%
Roraima	65	0.010%
Acre	62	0.008%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Kleber

It keeps the K of the German form and drops the accent; Wiktionary records it as an alternative spelling of Cléber.

About the name Cléber

According to Wiktionary, Cléber comes from the German Kleber, literally 'gluer' or 'one who pastes (a poster)', from kleben plus the suffix -er. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Nascentes, who, based on Dauzat, translates Kléber as 'poster gluer', and says the given name was taken from a surname. The same dictionary notes that the spelling with K is the one that appears in dictionaries, but the one with C is the most frequent in Brazil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 92,871 people named Cléber, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Cléber

Spelling	People (2022)
Cléber	92,871
Kleber	35,306

Sources

Wiktionary: Cléber · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cléber · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Kleber · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Kleber

What does the name Kleber mean?

Kleber means “one who glues (from German Kleber)”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Cléber, of which Kleber is a spelling.

How many people are named Kleber in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 35,306 people with the first name Kleber, which ranks it number 732 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Kleber a boy's or a girl's name?

Kleber is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 138 women and 35,168 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kleber?

Kleber is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kleber most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.026% of the state's population is named Kleber (11,714 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kleber?

Cléber. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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