Cluer is an English surname and given name. It comes from an "occupational name for a nailer". In some cases it may be a variant of Clewer.[1] One Cluer family of London was granted arms in the eighteenth century.[2]

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  1. ^ Parkin, Harry (19 August 2021). "Cluer". Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886825-5. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ 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.