Nils

See also nils

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈniɫs/, SAMPA: /"ni5s/

Proper noun

Nils m. pl.

1. Town of the Rosselló district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France.

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Danish

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Swedish Nils. A variant of the more common Danish Niels.

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name.

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German

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name borrowed from Swedish and Norwegian.

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Norwegian

Wikipedia

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin saint's name Nicolaus, Nicholaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek. Recorded in Norway since the 11th century. Cognate with English Nicholas.

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• variants: Nicolai, Nikolai, Niklas
• pet form: Nisse

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 799 males with the given name Nils living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Wikipedia

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Nicolaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.

Proper noun

Nils

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Claes, Clas, Klas, Nicklas, Niclas, Niklas, Nikolaus
• (pet form) Nisse
• (feminine names) Nicole
• (surnames) Nilsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 137 988 males with the given name Nils living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.