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Claus (male)

Variants:Klaes (M) Klass (M) Klaus (M)
Diminutive for:Niklaus (M)
Pet Name for:Launo (M) Nicholas (M) Nikolaus (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

German spelling variant of Klaus. Originally a diminutive for Niklaus, Klaus/Claus is also a German given name in its own right.

Also Dutch pet name for Nicholas [q.v.], from Greek "victory (of the) people".
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