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Meaning of the nameKlaus

Klaus is a male name of German origin, a short form of Nikolaus, which comes from the Greek Nikolaos and means, according to Behind the Name, "victory of the people".

Meaning

“victory of the people (short form of Nikolaus/Nicholas)”

Source: Wiktionary: Klaus · Behind the Name: Klaus · Behind the Name: Nicholas

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People (2022)
2,745
Rank in Brazil
#4,124
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
2,253
people

Klaus in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Klaus, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (466 people).

24 women 2,721 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Klaus is most common

States with the highest share of people named Klaus in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.004%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.002%
  4. Paraná 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8120.002%
Santa Catarina2870.004%
Rio Grande do Sul2660.002%
Minas Gerais2160.001%
Rio de Janeiro2150.001%
Paraná1850.002%
Bahia1010.001%
Espírito Santo670.002%
Ceará660.001%
Distrito Federal560.002%
Goiás540.001%
Pará510.001%
Rio Grande do Norte490.002%
Pernambuco460.001%
Maranhão410.001%
Amazonas380.001%
Mato Grosso300.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%
Paraíba220.001%
Alagoas220.001%
Sergipe210.001%
Piauí190.001%
Tocantins180.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Klaus

Klaus is, according to Wiktionary, a short form of the German Nikolaus, and Behind the Name describes it as a short form of Nicholas now used independently. Nicholas comes from the Greek Νικόλαος, formed from νίκη (nikē), "victory", and λαός (laos), "people". The meaning "victory of the people" is that of the root. Wiktionary treats Claus as a contraction of Nicolaus, and Behind the Name lists Claus among the variants of Klaus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,745 people named Klaus and 1,150 named Claus. Proportionally, both are most common in Santa Catarina.

The spelling with K, the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Klaus

SpellingPeople (2022)
Klaus2,745
Claus1,150

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Klaus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Klaus · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Nicholas · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Klaus

What does the name Klaus mean?

Klaus means “victory of the people (short form of Nikolaus/Nicholas)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Klaus in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,745 people with the first name Klaus, which ranks it number 4,124 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Klaus a boy's or a girl's name?

Klaus is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 24 women and 2,721 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Klaus?

Klaus is a name of Germanic and Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Klaus most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.004% of the state's population is named Klaus (287 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Klaus?

Claus. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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