Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Klāvs is a short form of Niklāvs.
Klāvs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Klāvs is a short form of Niklāvs. In Latvian usage, Klāvs shares a linguistic root with the German form Klaus.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Klāvs
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