Nils
See also: nils
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
- Nyils (local variant)
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish Nils. A variant of the more common Danish Niels.
Proper noun edit
Nils
- a male given name
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Nils
- a male given name
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Nils m
- a male given name
Usage notes edit
Patronymics
- son of Nils: Nilsson
- daughter of Nils: Nilsdóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Nils |
Accusative | Nils |
Dative | Nilsi |
Genitive | Nils |
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Nils
- a male given name from Swedish or Norwegian
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Nils
- a male given name
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Nils
- a male given name
Related terms edit
variants:
pet form:
References edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Medieval vernacular form of the Latin Nicolaus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1455.
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Nils c (genitive Nils)
- a male given name
Related terms edit
- (male given names) Claes, Clas, Klas, Nicklas, Niclas, Niklas, Nikolaus
- (pet form) Nisse
- (feminine names) Nicole
- (surnames) Nilsson
References edit
- 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.