[name]Both[/name] of these names I love, but also see how others may think they are way too weird or asking for my son to be made fun of. Need your help…
[name]Klaus[/name] (rhymes with ‘house’)
or
[name]Seamus[/name] (pronounced “shay-mus”)
What do you think?
I love [name]Seamus[/name]. There is actually a [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] character named [name]Seamus[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name]. My last name is [name]Finnegan[/name] and if my husband and I ever have another boy [name]Seamus[/name] will definitely be on our list.
I love love love [name]Seamus[/name]. Wonderful name. I’m not crazy about [name]Klaus[/name], it sounds like a last name to me. What do you think of [name]Otto[/name]? I’m loving it lately!
We seriously considered [name]Seamus[/name]…I think somewhere I have a list of pros and cons I wrote out concerning the name. It is a beautiful boy name–and the short version “[name]Shay[/name]” (or even spelled Sea) sounds great too. Sure there will be those who misprounce it “C-mus” or make semen jokes or say why did you name your son after a drunken Irish Bartender (we actually got this comment, but it was “would you” instead of “did you”) but that will just weed out the ignorant folk 
If it goes with your last name, it has my vote.
[name]Claus[/name] isn’t my style–but that could be because I knew a dog who was always misbehaving named [name]Claus[/name]. And his owner ([name]German[/name]) was forever shouting “[name]Claus[/name]! [name]Claus[/name]!” at him in fury.
Well they both remind me of fictional characters, [name]Seamus[/name] is [name]Harry[/name] and [name]Ron[/name]'s friends from [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name], he wasn’t much of a character in my opninion though and [name]Klaus[/name] is the brother from the Series of Unfortunate Events who was very smart, resourceful and kind.
Also I generally prefer [name]German[/name] names to Irish (generally - there are several exceptions) and [name]Klaus[/name] sounds so grown up and handsome whilst [name]Seamus[/name] sounds kind of childish. [name]Klaus[/name] seems like it would have less pronunciation difficulties too, I’m not sure many people will get that [name]Seamus[/name] is [name]SHAY[/name]-mis.
[name]Seamus[/name] is a variation of [name]James[/name] which means supplanter and [name]Klaus[/name] is a variation of [name]Nicholas[/name] which means people of victory so based on meaning alone [name]Klaus[/name] wins in my opinion.
So overall I’m a [name]Klaus[/name] fan:) I think it’s a fantastic and way underused name that will age well too.
Good [name]Luck[/name]!
I don’t know. I don’t like [name]Seamus[/name] ONLY because when I was at school it was a teasing nn that the boys used for a boy called [name]Sean[/name] so I just associate it with that, but I can see how it would work (and I love the nn Sea/[name]Shay[/name]). I like that it’s classic but a bit different.
[name]Klaus[/name] for me is a bit of a caricature name for a [name]German[/name] (like a Frenchman called [name]Pierre[/name]) and I’d worry about the [name]Santa[/name] association - I think that’s something most kids are likely to make.
So of the two I would definitely vote for [name]Seamus[/name]!
I love both names. I have named my boys with Irish names, one more obvious than the other ([name]Fintan[/name]) as i have lots of Irish family. However, out of [name]Seamus[/name] and [name]Klaus[/name], i would be inclined to go for [name]Klaus[/name] - its such a fab and funky name!
Its quite funny to see that everyone associates [name]Seamus[/name] to [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] - for me its [name]Seamus[/name] Heaney, the very successful Irish [name]Poet[/name] which we studied in English at school. I’m a big [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] fan and it never crossed my mind. But this has to make it cooler, all children know about [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name]…
I prefer [name]Seamus[/name] to [name]Klaus[/name]. [name]Klaus[/name] reminds me of a horrible [name]German[/name] santa for some reason 
[name]Seamus[/name] is a nice name not too popular either
Heres a few other Irish names you might like?
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Rafferty[/name]
S”an
[name]Eoin[/name]
R”nan
[name]Cian[/name]
[name]Conor[/name]
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Darragh[/name]
[name]Eamonn[/name]
[name]Oran[/name]/ Odhr”n
[name]Oisin[/name]
[name]Murphy[/name]
[name]Nevan[/name]
[name]Rian[/name]
[name]Killian[/name]
[name]Kieran[/name]
[name]Fergus[/name]
[name]Finnegan[/name]
[name]Fionn[/name]