Nils

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nils m pl (plural only)

  1. Nyls (a hamlet in the municipality of Pineilla, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)

Derived terms

Danish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nils. A variant of the more common Danish Niels.

Proper noun

Nils

  1. a male given name

Estonian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nils.

Proper noun

Nils

  1. a male given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Nils m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Nils
Accusative Nils
Dative Nilsi
Genitive Nils

German

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nils.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːls/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Nils

  1. a male given name from Swedish or Norwegian

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nils.

Proper noun

Nils

  1. a male given name

Norwegian

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Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin saint's name Nīcolāus, Nīcholāus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Recorded in Norway since the 11th century. Cognate with English Nicholas.

Proper noun

Nils

  1. a male given name

variants:

pet form:

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • 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

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Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Nīcolāus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nils c (genitive Nils)

  1. a male given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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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