Cleber

The ancestry of the name Cleber can be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a name for a person who worked with wood. The surname is derived from the Old English word cleofan which means to cleave or split. The surname Cleber was first found in Norfolk where some say they held a family seat well before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D. Cleber has been spelled many different ways such as Cleever, Cleaver, Clever, Kleever, Kleaver, Cleevar, Cleavar, Cliver, Cleiver, Clivar, Cleevor, Clearvor, Cleevare, Clevenger, Kleevare, Cleavare, Kleavare and many more. Cléber is also a masculine given name, common in Brazil. KLEBER is a trading name of the MICHELIN Group which, as part of its tyre business, sells tyres under the brand name KLEBER. Kléber (IPA: ʒɑ̃ batist klebɛʁ) (9 March 1753 – 14 June 1800) was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for one year in the French Royal Army, he entered Habsburg service seven years later. However, his plebeian ancestry hindered his opportunities. Eventually, he volunteered for the French Revolutionary Army in 1792 and quickly rose through the ranks.