Santa Claus is the Gift Bringer. He has different names in different countries as given below:
The most famous name of our Father Xmas is Santa Claus. However, every country has also given a unique name to him in their local language.
It is so interesting to know all the names of The Gift Bringer across the globe.
Here I have compiled a full list of names by which Santa Claus is known around the world. He is associated with gifts and hence in English, he is also known as Gift bringer.
This list is sorted in alphabetical order of countries.
- Afghanistan: Baba Chaghaloo
- Albania: Babadimri
- Armenia: Gaghant Baba / Kaghand Papa (Father Christmas or Father New Year)
- Austria: Christkind (a little angel like a person)
- Azerbaijan: ลaxta baba (Grandfather Frost)
- Belarus: Sviaty Mikalaj / ะกะฒััั ะัะบะฐะปะฐะน (St. Nicholas) & Dzied Maroz / ะะทะตะด ะะฐัะพะท (Grandfather Frost)
- Belgium: Sinterklaas/St. Niklaas (Flemish) or Saint Nicholas (Walloon) & Pรจre Noรซl (Father Christmas)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Djeda Mraz (Grandfather Frost)
- Brazil: Papai Noel (Father Christmas) & Bom Velhinho (Good Old Man)
- Bulgaria: ะัะดะพ ะะพะปะตะดะฐ / Dyado Koleda (Grandfather Christmas)
- Chile: Viejito Pascuero (Christmas old man)
- China: Sheng dan lao ren (Traditional: ่่ช่ไบบ, Simplified: ๅฃ่ฏ่ไบบ; means Old Christmas Man)
- Colombia: Niรฑo Dios (Baby Jesus)
- Costa Rica: Niรฑo dios (Child God, meaning Jesus) & Colacho (another name for St. Nicholas)
- Croatia: Djed Boลพiฤnjak (Grandfather Christmas)
- Czechia / Czech Republic: Svatรฝ Mikulรกลก (St. Nicholas) and Jeลพรญลกek (the Christ child)
- Denmark: Julemanden (Christmas Man)
- Ecuador: Papa Noel
- Egypt: Baba Noรซl
- Estonia: Jรตuluvana (Yule Elder)
- Ethiopia: Amharic: Yรกgena Abรฃt (Christmas Father)
- Finland: Santa Claus (well he does live in Lapland in Finland!) or Joulupukki
- France: Pรจre Noรซl (Father Christmas)
- Georgia: แแแแแแก แแแแฃแ, แแแแแแก แแแแ / Tovlis Babua, Tovlis Papa (Snow Grandfather)
- Germany: Weihnachtsmann (Christmas Man) & Christkind (a little angel like person)
- Greece: Aghios Vassilis / ฮฮณฮนฮฟฯ ฮฮฑฯฮฏฮปฮทฯ (Saint Basil)
- Haiti: Tonton Nwรจl
- Hungary: Mikulรกs (Nicholas) / Tรฉlapรณ (Old Man Winter) & Jรฉzuska (the Christ child)
- Iceland: Jรณlasveinn (Yule Man) & Jรณlasveinarnir (The Yule Lads)
- India: Hindi: Christmas Baba, Urdu: Baba Christmas (Father Christmas), Telugu: Thatha (Christmas old man), Tamil: Christmas Thaathaa, Marathi: Natal Bua (Christmas Elder Man)
- Indonesia: Sinterklas
- Iran: Baba Noel
- Iraq: Baba Noel / Vader Kersfees
- Ireland: San Nioclรกsโ (Saint Nicholas) & Daidรญ na Nollag (Father Christmas)
- Italy: Babbo Natale (Santa Claus) or La Befana (an old woman) or The Three Kings (parts of northern Italy)
- Japan: ใตใณใฟใใใใตใณใฟใฏใญใผใน santa-san (Mr Santa) & Hoteiosho (A Japanese god of good fortune โ not really related to Christmas)
- Latvia: Ziemassvฤtku vecฤซtis (Christmas old man)
- Lithuania: Senis ล altis (Old Man Frost) & Kalฤdลณ Senelis (Christmas Grandfather)
- Lebanon: Baba Noรซl
- Macedonia: ะะตะดะพ ะัะฐะท / Dedo Mraz
- Malta: San Niklaw (St. Nicholas)
- Mexico: El Niรฑito Dios (baby Jesus), Los Reyes Magos (The Three Wise Men) & Santo Clรณs (Santa Claus)
- Mongolia: Uvliin Uvuu or Uvliin Uvgun (Winter Grandpa or Winter Old Man)
- The Netherlands: Sinterklaas (St. Nicholas) & Kerstman (Christmas Man)
- Norway: Julenissen (Santa Claus) or โNisseโ (Small Gnomes)
- Pakistan: Christmas Baba
- Peru: Papรก Noel
- Philippines: Santa Klaus
- Poland: Swiety Mikolaj (St. Nicholas)
- Portugal: Pai Natal (Father Christmas)
- Puerto Rico: The Three Kings / Magi
- Romania: Sfantul Nicolae (St Nicholas), Moล Nicolae (Old Man Nicholas), Moล Crฤciun (Old Man Christmas), Moล Gerilฤ (Old Man Frost)
- Russia: ะะตะด ะะพัะพะท / Ded Morez (Grandfather Frost) / Dedoushka (Grandfather in Russian) or Babushka (an old woman โ although this is โwesternโ than actually Russian!)
- Serbia: ะะตะดa ะัaะท / Deda Mraz (Grandfather Frost), ะะพะถะธั ะะฐัะฐ / Boลพiฤ Bata (Christmas Brother)
- Slovakia: Svรคtรฝ Mikulรกลก (Saint Nicholas) / Jeลพรญลกko (the Christ child)
- Slovenia: Sveti Miklavลพ or Sveti Nikolaj (Saint Nicholas) / Boลพiฤek or Dedek Mraz (Grandfather Winter); Boลพiฤek on December 24 and Dedek Mraz on December 31!
- South Africa: Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) / Kersvader (Father Christmas)
- South Korea: ์ฐํ ํด๋ก์ค (santa kullosu), ์ฐํ ํ ์๋ฒ์ง (Santa Grandfather)
- Spain: Los tres Reyes Mages (The Three Magic King / Magi) & Papรก Noel (Father Christmas); in Catalonia the gift bringer is Tiรณ de Nadal, a Christmas log with a face on it!; In the Basque country, the gift bringer is Olentzero, a big man who wears a beret and smokes a pipe.
- Sri Lanka: Naththal Seeya
- Sweden: Jultomten (Santa) & Nissar / Tomte (Christmas Gnomes/Elves)
- Switzerland: Samichlaus (St. Nicholas) or the baby Jesus or Befana (South Switzerland) or the Three Kings
- Syria: Baba Noรซl
- Tajikistan: ะะพะฑะพ ะะฐััะธ / Bobo Barfi (Grandpa Snow)
- Turkey: Noel Baba (Father Christmas)
- Ukraine: Svyatyy Mykolay (St. Nicholas) & Did Moroz / ะัะด ะะพัะพะท (Grandfather Frost)
- United Kingdom: Father Christmas (inter-changeable with Santa Claus), Wales: Siรดn Corn (Chimney John)
- USA: Santa Claus, Hawaii: Kanakaloka
- Uzbekistan: Qor bobo (Grandfather Snow โ more related to New Yearโs Eve than Christmas)
- Venezuela: San Nicolรกs (St. Nicholas) & Niรฑo Jesรบs (Baby Jesus)
- Vietnam: รng giร Noel (Christmas old man)
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