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ArchivesAnyone heard of the name Klaska?
We have never been able to pin down the orgins of my mother's which is Klaska. She did have a German aunt named Klaaska, besides the one aunt I've never heard of a German with a similar name. Any ideas what the origin might be?
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Bizarrely enough, it might well be a female form of Hercules!
Herklaas is not popular at the moment in South Africa among the Afrikaans-speaking population, but it's a name everyone knows. The short form is Klaas (and the nursery-rhyme character, the Sandman, who helps children go to sleep, is Klaas Vakie in Afrikaans - Snoozy Herc).
The usual female version here is Klasina, but I'm willing to bet that in the Netherlands they'd use Klaaske or Klaasje. Perhaps also in the parts of Germany close to the Low Countries.
Herklaas is not popular at the moment in South Africa among the Afrikaans-speaking population, but it's a name everyone knows. The short form is Klaas (and the nursery-rhyme character, the Sandman, who helps children go to sleep, is Klaas Vakie in Afrikaans - Snoozy Herc).
The usual female version here is Klasina, but I'm willing to bet that in the Netherlands they'd use Klaaske or Klaasje. Perhaps also in the parts of Germany close to the Low Countries.
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Thanks for the information!
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