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Klaus (male)

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

German variant spelling of Claus. Originally a diminutive for Niklaus (from Greek "victory (of the) people") Klaus is also a given name in its own right.

See Claus for national variants.
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