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Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 11 180 males with the given name Klaus (compared to 25 307 named Claus) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Finnish
Etymology
Contraction of LatinNicolaus borrowed from Germany in the Middle Ages.
—Mä katson vain kuvat, vastasi poika. Mä sain tämän lehden lainaan yläkerran Klaussilta, sillä aikaa kun se pelaa pihassa. —Jaa, vai niin, sanoi Saara ja ajatteli, että heti niillä on nimetkin eri sorttia, Klaus.
—I'm only checking the photos, the boy replied. I borrowed this magazine from Klaus upstairs as he's playing on the yard. —Oh, I see, Saara said and thought about how already their names are so different, Klaus.
Klaus is the 253rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,878 male individuals (and as a middle name to 592 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
The surname Klaus belongs to 85 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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Klausm or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitiveKlaus'or(with an article)Klaus, feminine genitiveKlaus, pluralKlausorKlausens)