Klas
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name derived from Niklas ( =Nicholas).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Klas (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Klas has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. 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 | 19 |
| 1999 | 18 |
| 2000 | 26 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 19 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,807 |
| 2000 | 8,574 |
| 2001 | 8,383 |
| 2002 | 8,215 |
| 2003 | 8,001 |
| 2004 | 7,779 |
| 2005 | 7,593 |
| 2006 | 7,444 |
| 2007 | 7,314 |
| 2008 | 7,223 |
| 2009 | 7,130 |
| 2010 | 7,015 |
| 2011 | 6,915 |
| 2012 | 6,799 |
| 2013 | 6,706 |
| 2014 | 6,600 |
| 2015 | 6,488 |
| 2016 | 6,392 |
| 2017 | 6,293 |
| 2018 | 6,177 |
| 2019 | 6,064 |
| 2020 | 5,930 |
Klas in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Klas.Hi! My name is Klas.
- Klas har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Klas has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Klas kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Klas is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Klas mamma är lärare.Klas's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Klas mamma is Klas's mum. Because Klas already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Klas
How do you pronounce Klas in Swedish?
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What does the name Klas mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name derived from Niklas ( =Nicholas).
How popular is Klas in Sweden?
11 babies were named Klas in 2022. In 2020, 5,930 people in Sweden had Klas as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
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.