Clas
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a less common spelling of Klas.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Clas (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,476 |
| 2000 | 2,441 |
| 2001 | 2,407 |
| 2002 | 2,373 |
| 2003 | 2,341 |
| 2004 | 2,293 |
| 2005 | 2,265 |
| 2006 | 2,234 |
| 2007 | 2,206 |
| 2008 | 2,190 |
| 2009 | 2,170 |
| 2010 | 2,150 |
| 2011 | 2,123 |
| 2012 | 2,106 |
| 2013 | 2,086 |
| 2014 | 2,065 |
| 2015 | 2,041 |
| 2016 | 2,025 |
| 2017 | 2,005 |
| 2018 | 1,980 |
| 2019 | 1,961 |
| 2020 | 1,925 |
Clas in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Clas.Hi! My name is Clas.
- Clas har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Clas has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Clas i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Clas this afternoon.
- Clas mamma är lärare.Clas's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Clas mamma is Clas's mum. Because Clas already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Clas
How do you pronounce Clas in Swedish?
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What does the name Clas mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a less common spelling of Klas.
How popular is Clas in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Clas in 2022. In 2020, 1,925 people in Sweden had Clas as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.