The baby name Clas is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced KLAHS (Swedish IPA: /klɑːs/).
Clas is Swedish in Origin.
The baby name Clas is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced KLAHS (Swedish IPA: /klɑːs/).
Clas is Swedish in Origin.
Clas is a Scandinavian and Low German short form of Nicholas, ultimately from the Greek Nikolaos (nike “victory” + laos “people”), yielding the meaning “victory of the people.” The spelling Clas is especially associated with Sweden and the Swedish‑speaking communities of Finland, where it appears beside the older Swedish forms Claes and Klas; it stands in the same family as German Claus/Klaus and Dutch/Frisian Klaas.
Attested in parish and guild records around the Baltic and North Sea from the late Middle Ages onward, Clas became a stable given name among merchants, craftsmen, and the nobility, and remains a crisp, traditional choice in modern Scandinavia. Variants and cognates include Claes, Klas, Claus, Klaus, Klaas, Niklas, Nikolaus, Nicholas, and Niels/Nils. Cultural echoes include Santa Claus - ultimately from the Dutch Sinterklaas, a form of Nicholas - highlighting the name’s long pan‑European footprint.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | Boys | 0 | #81 | 1 | 756 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2007 | #173 | 4 | 1,215 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #327 | 6 | 7,401 |
| PE | 0 | #328 | 2 | 6,350 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #411 | 17 | 2,041 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CO | 0 | #509 | 2 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| LY | 0 | #557 | 3 | 12,703 | |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #565 | 119 | 3,552 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #693 | 5 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #921 | 5 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #923 | 4 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #978 | 4 | 15,656 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 4 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,151 | 2 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,195 | 5 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,199 | 13 | 19,440 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,268 | 5 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,687 | 5 | 28,008 |
Clas is popular in 35 countries — most recent births per country:
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