Is clouse a german name?

is it is spelled clouse

Is clouse a german name?
it's Klaus or sometimes Claus
Reply:Klaus is the way I have seen it mostly spelled
Reply:Yes, it's a name of German origin and can be spelled Claus or Klaus.





Here's some info from Ancestry.com:





German: aphetic form of Niclaus or Niklaus, representing the usual German form of Nicholas. In America this name tends to be associated with the figure of Santa Claus (originally Sankt Niklaus), which inhibits serious use of it. Variant: German: Klaus. Cognates: Dutch: Klaas. Frisian: Klaes. Finnish: Launo.
Reply:No, it's Kl脿us


"Kl脿h-ooss".





PS - So you are racist! Wasn't it right my answer?





Ps2 - The origin of that name isn't German but Greek, NIKOLAOS, formed by 'nikan' (to win) and 'laos' (people), so meaning 'hero'.
Reply:yes.... but it's spelled Klaus
Reply:It could be an anglicized form of Klaus (Nicklaus) just as Cruise is often an anglicized form of Kreuz "Cross." Many German-Americans anglicized their names after arriving in the U.S., especially during World War I. Inventor Charles Goodyear is a good example of a German-American whose last name had been anglicized. It was originally "Gutjahr."
Reply:As I know many germans, and not just family, it is a german name, but is mostly spelled KLAUS.

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