When Bruno Klaus was born on 21 November 1882, his father, Marcellus Cajus Georg Klaus, was 29 and his mother, Emma Josafa Hasslacher, was 37. He died on 10 February 1978, at the age of 95.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Angelika, Ernst, Guenther, Bernhard, Christl, Eberhard, Erwin, Friedrich, Fritz, Gerhard, Guenter.
German and Dutch: from the personal name Klaus, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Claus and Clouse . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, Poland, and Croatia.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): Germanized or dialect form of Yiddish kloyz ‘Jewish house of worship or study’ (compare German Klause ‘hermitage’).
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