Meaning of name Klaus

The name Klaus has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Klaus is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Klaus for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Nicholas, of which the name Klaus is a variant.

The name Klaus is very likely a(n) German variant of the name Nicholas. See other suggested German boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Nicholas.

The following names are baby names related to Klaus and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Klaus: Boys - Cole, Dard, Jerome, Julian, Narcisse, Nico, Stephen, Girls - Andria, Damalis, Damans, Damia, Damiana, Effa, Eudora, Eugenia, Iphigeneia, Kristine, Marlys, Narcissa, Both genders - Agnes, Beryl

The name Klaus is a variant of Nicholas. Other popular variants of the name Nicholas are: Colas (French), Cole, Collin (French), Klaus (German), Kolya (Russian), Lasse (Finnish), Launo (Finnish), Miklos (Hungarian), Mikolaj (Polish), Mikolas (Czech), Milosz (Polish), Neacal (Gaelic), Nic, Niccolas, Nichalas, Nichelas, Nick (English), Nickolas (English), Nicol (Scottish), Nicolae (Hungarian), Nicolai (Russian), Nicolas (French), Nicolau (Portuguese), Nicolaus (German), Niilo (Finnish), Nikita (Russian), Niklas (Scandinavian), Niklaus (German), Niko (Greek), Nikolao (Hawaiian), Nikolaos (Greek), Nikolas (Greek), Nikolos (Greek), Nikos (Greek), Nioclas (Irish), Niocol (Irish)

We think the name Klaus should fall under the following style category: Catholic.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Klaus to be: Jolly and generous

In one word, you might describe Klaus as a(n) "generous" person.

See other "generous" names for boys.