Cluer
| Language(s) | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Word/name | English: Clewer Scottish: McClure Irish: Clare |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Clewer, Clure |
Cluer is a surname and given name. It may derive from the locations of Clewer near Windsor, Berkshire or Somerset.[1][2] Alternatively, it may be a variant of the Scottish surname "McClure" or derive from the Gaelic word Mac-Giolla-Uidhir (son of the pale youth or son of Odhar's servant).[3] One Cluer family of London was granted arms in the eighteenth century.[4] The surname may also be a variant of the Irish surname "Clare".
Given name[edit]
- Cluer Dicey (1715–75), English newspaper proprietor
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Surname Database: Cluer Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Discover the Cluer family with Your Family History". www.your-family-history.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Cluer Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. G. Bohn.
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