Klaas
Klaas is a masculine first name and family name.
Origin and Meaning
The name is a short form of Nicolaas, the Dutch form of the name Nicholas.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Klaas Carel Faber (1922-2012), Dutch member of the Waffen- SS war criminals and
- Klaas Gerling (* 1981), German house DJ and music producer
- Klaas Heufer circulation ( * 1983), German television presenter and occasional actor
- Klaas -Jan Huntelaar ( * 1983), Dutch footballer
- Klaas Touber (1922-2011), Dutch forced laborers and concentration camp prisoner
Family name
- Alice Gerken Klaas (* 1964), German politician
- Hans Klaas (1927-2011), German businessman and industrialist
- Kathrin Klaas (* 1984), German hammer thrower
- Max Klaas (* 1993), German percussionist
- Kitty Mardner - Klaas (1884-1950), German painter
- Klaas Walter ( jurist ) ( 1895-1978 ), German jurist and constitutional judges
- Walter Klaas ( theologian ) ( 1904-1961 ), German Lutheran pastor and college teacher
- Klaas Werner (1914-1945), German football player