Can anyone tell me the country of origin for the name Klema?

Question

My bf and I are looking for baby names, and he wants to look at Slovak names becuase of his last name. He thinks its Slovakian, but he's not sure. Anyone know for sure? Thanks in advance. Again, the last name is Klema.

Answer 1

In the 1930 census of the U.S. (the last one that's been made public) of the foreign-born heads-of-household named Klema, 17 said they were born in Czechoslovakia, 6 said Bohemia, 4 Hungary and 3 Austria.  (Considering how Europe was divided up in the 19th century, those Hungarians and Austrians could have been Slovakians too.)

Answer 2

Klema    

Last name origin & meaning:

Czech and Serbian: from a pet form of the personal name Klement, a vernacular form of Clemens (see Clement).

Clement    

First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Merciful

First name variations: Clements, Clemens, Clemmons, Clemon, Clem, Clemendo, Clemente, Clementino, Clementius, Clemmie, Clemmy, Klemens, Klement, Klementos, Kliment

Last name origin & meaning:

English, French, and Dutch: from the Latin personal name Clemens meaning ‘merciful’ (genitive Clementis). This achieved popularity firstly through having been borne by an early saint who was a disciple of St. Paul, and later because it was selected as a symbolic name by a number of early popes. There has also been some confusion with the personal name Clemence (Latin Clementia, meaning ‘mercy’, an abstract noun derived from the adjective; in part a masculine name from Latin Clementius, a later derivative of Clemens). As an American family name, Clement has absorbed cognates in other continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)