Given name & surname
Claes
Claes is a masculine given name. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Claes is a short form of Nikolaus.
Claes’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Claes is a short form of Nikolaus. In Swedish usage, Claes has a related form in Claus. In Dutch usage, Claes has a related form in Klaas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Claes has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Claes
- Claes OldenburgAmerican sculptor and printmaker (1929–2022)
- Ruben ÖstlundSwedish film director and screenwriter (born 1974)
- Claes BangDanish actorborn 1967
- Claes-Ingvar LagerkvistSwedish astronomerborn 1944
- Claes Jansz. Visscherdraughtsman, engraver, printmaker, publisher (1587-1652)1586–1652
- Claes JohansonOlympic wrestler (1884–1949)
- Claes AnderssonFinland Swedish psychiatrist, author, musician and politician (1937-2019)
- Claes-Göran HederströmSwedish singer (1945–2022)
- Claes EgnellSwedish sports shooter and modern pentathlete (1916–2012)
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