Klaas

Klaas
Pronunciation	[ˈklaːs]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/Name	Dutch

Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning victory of the people. Its female variants is Klaas(s)ien(a). As a surname is mainly exists as Klaasen, and Klaas, both meaning "Son of Klaas".

Notable persons whose given name is Klaas

• Klaas Bolt (1927–1990), Dutch organist and improviser
• Klaas van den Broek (born 1955), Dutch ice hockey player
• Klaas Bruinsma (translator) (born 1931), Dutch translator
• Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord) (1953–1991), Dutch drug baron
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born 1983), Dutch footballer
• Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk (born 1970), Dutch cricketer
• Klaas Reimer (1770–1837), Prussian mennonite
• Klaas Schilder (1890–1952), Dutch theologian and professor
• Klaas Veenhof (born c. 1936), Dutch Assyriologist
• Klaas Veering (born 1981), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
• Klaas de Vries (composer) (born 1944), Dutch composer
• Klaas de Vries (politician) (born 1943), Dutch politician
• Klaas-Erik Zwering (born 1981), Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist
• Klaas (DJ), Dutch-born German electro house producer

Notable persons whose surname is Klaas

• C.J. Klaas (born 1983), American soccer defensive midfielder
• Kathrin Klaas (born 1984), German hammer thrower
• Polly Klaas (1981–1993), American murder victim
• Jan Klaasen, the Dutch version of Punch and Judy

See also

• Claus (disambiguation) / Klaus (disambiguation), German variants of Klaas
• Nicholas