Around the globe, Никлас (Niklas 
, Niclas 
, Nicklas 
) is a common male given name. The forename Никлас is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Sweden, where it is a common male name, Denmark, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Finland (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Sweden, Germany, and Denmark. Much less frequently, Никлас is the last name as well as the forename.
Никлас is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Niklas , the operatic character in the opera Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn and Niklas , the operatic character in the opera Hans Heiling.