Kloos Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Long before computers fixed spellings, Kloos and Klose were used side by side. Name scholars give the meaning as “from the name Nikolaus”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Klose and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Kloos and Klose

Records show Kloos as one of the forms Klose took over time. The same family of names includes Klois, Kloss and Kluse.

The 2010 census count for Kloos in the United States was 1,010, good for rank 24,702. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames. Names that sound alike, such as Klos, are easily confused in old records. Want more than a summary? See the Kloos family name pack.