The baby name Klaas is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /klaːs/ — "KLAHS".
Klaas is Dutch in Origin.
The baby name Klaas is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /klaːs/ — "KLAHS".
Klaas is Dutch in Origin.
Klaas is a Dutch and Frisian short form of Nicolaas, the Dutch equivalent of Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos (nike "victory" + laos "people"), meaning "victory of the people." It appears in records across the Low Countries and northern Germany, often as an everyday diminutive for the formal Nikolaas/Nicolaas. Variant spellings and cognates include Claas (Low German), Klaes (Frisian), Claus and Klaus (German), and Klas/Claes (Scandinavian). Related Dutch forms of the root name are Nicolaas, Niek, and Nico.
Use of Klaas grew with the medieval cult of Saint Nicholas, patron of sailors and merchants, making it common among coastal communities. The figure of Sinterklaas kept the name vivid in Dutch culture, with a traditional name day on December 6. While rarer for newborns today, Klaas is still recognized as a solid, down-to-earth classic, and survives in surnames such as Klaassen and Claassen.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Boys | 2024 | #1 | — | 429 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #101 | 5,051 | 5,873 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #151 | 4 | 4,685 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| NL | 0 | #190 | 230 | 2,481 | |
| Belgium | Boys | 2013 | #201 | 22 | 407 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #226 | 10 | 6,830 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #398 | 1,400 | 25,619 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| ZA | 0 | #418 | 30 | 14,421 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #499 | 1 | 7,625 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #621 | 2 | 9,244 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #825 | 128 | 5,697 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #852 | 104 | 5,933 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #924 | 2 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,028 | 6 | 16,355 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,080 | 62 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Klaas is popular in 32 countries — most recent births per country:
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