Klapper Family History
Klapper Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Middle High German klappern ‘chatter rattle’ hence a nickname for a talkative person or a gossip or a metonymic occupational name for a night watchman a reference to the clapper used for making announcements. As a Jewish name it could be a metonymic occupational name for someone who called people to the synagogue.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022