Klaus name - Meaning of Klaus
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 1
- Usage
- German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek
- Pronounced
- KLOWS (German)
- Klaus Meaning
- German short form of Nicholas. Klaus is a German and Scandinavian diminutive of Nicholas. Nicholas originates in Greek language and means "people"s triumph". It has been a popular masculine given name for centuries and in different spellings all over the world. One of the famous bearers was Saint Nicholas, bishop of Lyra, who most likely serves as an inspiration for Santa Claus. In the United States, Nicholas has been frequently used for a very long time now.
Klaus Related Names
Variants: Klaas (Low German), Claus, Nico (German)
Diminutive: Launo (Finnish)
Feminine Form: Nikola (German)
Other Languages: Nicolaus, Nikolaos (Ancient Greek), Nikola (Basque), Nikola, Nikolai, Nikolay (Bulgarian), Nicolau (Catalan), Nikola, Nikica, Niko, Nikša (Croatian), Mikuláš, Mikoláš, Mikula, Nikola (Czech), Nicolaas, Nikolaas, Kai, Klaas, Nick, Nico, Niek (Dutch), Nicholas, Colin, Collin, Nic, Nick, Nickolas, Nicky, Nikolas (English), Nikolao, Niĉjo (Esperanto), Nigul (Estonian), Nicholas, Nicolas (French), Kai, Kay, Klaes (Frisian), Nicolau (Galician), Nikoloz, Nika, Nikusha (Georgian), Nicolaos, Nikolaos, Nikolas (Greek), Miklós, Nikola, Miksa (Hungarian), Nioclás (Irish), Niccolò, Nicola, Nicolò, Nico (Italian), Nikolajs (Latvian), Klaos (Limburgish), Nikola, Nikolche (Macedonian), Col (Medieval English), Mikołaj (Polish), Nicolau, Nico (Portuguese), Nicolae, Neculai, Nicu, Nicușor (Romanian), Nikolai, Nikolay, Kolya (Russian), Neacel, Nicol, Nichol (Scottish), Nikola, Nikica (Serbian), Mikuláš (Slovak), Miklavž, Nikola, Nikolaj, Nik, Niko (Slovene), Nicolao, Nicolás, Nico (Spanish), Niklas, Claes, Kai, Klas, Nels, Nikolaus, Nils (Swedish), Mykola (Ukrainian)
Klaus Celebrities
Klaus Flade - astronaut, Klaus Kinkel - politician, Klaus Kinski - actor, Klaus Nomi - musician, Klaus Wolf - soccer player,
