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Klaus

Klaus ranks #395 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 2 places, 5 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #608 among boy dog names.
Klaus's popularity trend

Klaus's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.005%0.01%0.015%2012201420172019
Cats in our data
5
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#395
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−364
2014 → 2019
Gender split
94% male
6% female94% male

Gender split comes from 17 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Klaus mean?
1 syllableOrigin: Ancient Greek

Klaus is a German short form of Nikolaus, from Greek for 'victory of the people'.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Klaus shows up

Cats named Klaus per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.02%
TorontoON, CA0.01%