Niklaus (name)

Niklaus is a masculine Slavic given name and surname. Niklaus comes from the Greek word nikolaos (νικόλαος), meaning victory of the people. It’s a variant of the likewise Greek-origin given name Nicholas.

The traditional short forms of this name are Nik and Klaus, being primarily used in Switzerland and Germany.

Notable people with the name include the following:

Given name

• Niklaus Aeschbacher (1917 – 1995), Swiss composer and conductor
• Niklaus Bütler (1786–1854), Swiss painter
• Niklaus Dachselhofer (1595 – 1670), Swiss politician
• Niklaus Franz von Bachmann (1740 – 1831), Swiss general
• Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger (1729 – 1799), Swiss politician
• Niklaus Gerber (1850 – 1914), Swiss dairy chemist
• Niklaus Grunwald, American biologist and plant pathologist
• Niklaus Brantschen (born 1937), Swiss Jesuit, Zen master
• Niklaus Leuenberger (1615 – 1653), Swiss peasant
• Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (c. 1484 – 1530), Swiss artist
• Niklaus Meienberg (1940 – 1993), Swiss writer and investigative journalist
• Niklaus Niggeler (1817 – 1872), Swiss politician
• Niklaus Pfluger (born 1958), Swiss Catholic priest
• Niklaus Riggenbach (1817 – 1899), Swiss inventor, engineer and locomotive builder
• Niklaus Schilling (1944 – 2016), Swiss film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• Niklaus Schurtenberger (born 1968), Swiss equestrian
• Niklaus Stump (1920 – 2005), Swiss cross-country and Nordic combined skier
• Niklaus Troxler (born 1947), Swiss graphic designer
• Niklaus Weckmann (c. 1481-1526), German sculptor
• Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024), Swiss computer scientist

Middle name

• Franz Niklaus König (1765–1832), Swiss painter

Surname

• André Niklaus (born 1981), German decathlete
• Stephan Niklaus (born 1958), Swiss decathlete
• Mandy Niklaus (born 1956), East German fencer

Fictional characters

• Brad Niklaus from Sunset Beach
• Niklaus “Klaus” Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Niklaus
• All pages with titles containing Niklaus
• Niklaus (disambiguation)
• Hans Niclaus
• Nicklaus (name)
• Nikolaus (given name)