Klaus (name)

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Klaus is a male first name and also a family name .

Origin and meaning of the name

Most likely the first name Klaus is a short form of Nikolaus and not the German version of Claudius . Nicholas is derived from the Greek words νίκη for victory and λαός for people .

distribution

The popularity of the name Klaus (Claus) increased in Germany since the beginning of the 20th century. From the beginning of the thirties to the beginning of the sixties the name was one of the ten most frequently given boy names and in 1944 it was even the most common. Its popularity only gradually began during the sixties and then began to decline sharply in the early seventies.

Name days

variants

Claas, Claus (Austrian, North German), Clus (Lithuanian), Klaas (Dutch), Kolja (Russian)

This first name was also used in hyphenated names, especially in the middle of the 20th century . B. Klaus-Dieter, Klaus-Jürgen, Klaus-Peter, Klaus-Rüdiger or Klaus-Uwe.

First name

Claus

Klaus

family name

Fictional people

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