Claus
See also: claus
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Claus, a contraction of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”).
Proper noun
Claus
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms
Translations
male given name
Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Claus
- a male given name derived from Nikolaus.
Related terms
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 307 males with the given name Claus (compared to 11 180 named Klaus) 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.
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Claus
- a male given name, a less common spelling of Klaus.
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