Claes

See also: claes

Swedish

Etymology

Variant of Claus, German short form of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”).

Proper noun

Claes c (genitive Claes)

1. a male given name.

Related terms

• Nils and its variant forms
• (surnames) Claesson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 21 531 males with the given name Claes living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.