Nils
See also: nils
Catalan
Alternative forms
- Nyils (local variant)
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nils m pl (plural only)
- A town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Nyls.
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Swedish Nils. A variant of the more common Danish Niels.
Proper noun
Nils
- a male given name.
Faroese
Proper noun
Nils m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Nils: Nilsson
- daughter of Nils: Nilsdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Nils |
Accusative | Nils |
Dative | Nilsi |
Genitive | Nils |
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nils
- a male given name from Swedish borrowed from Swedish and Norwegian.
Norwegian
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of the Latin saint's name Nicolaus, Nicholaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Recorded in Norway since the 11th century. Cognate with English Nicholas.
Proper noun
Nils
- a male given name.
Related terms
variants:
pet form:
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [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.
Swedish
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Nicolaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.
Proper noun
Nils c (genitive Nils)
- 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
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.
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