Niels

Nils, Niels, is a Scandinavian male first name is the name of Nicholas or the engl. Name Nicholas or the French name Nicolas. Nils has its origin in the Swedish -speaking.

Name-day

December 6 St. Nicholas Day

Short form of

Cornelius ( niederdt., Dutch About. , )
Nicodemus (Roman Empire)
Nicholas ( niederdt., Scand. )
Nicholas

Importance

The name Santa Claus is derived from the Greek words nike = victory and laos = the people, so does the name Nils or Niels same thing.

Well-known bearers of the name

Niels Aagaard (1612-1657), Danish writer and scholar
Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
Nils Åberg (1888-1957), Swedish prehistoric archaeologist
Nils Ahrbom (1905-1997), Swedish architect
Nils Åkerlindh (1913-1992), Swedish wrestler
Niels Albert ( born 1986 ), Belgian cyclo-cross and road cyclist
Nils Alwall (1904-1986), Swedish physician and university teacher
Nils Andersson ( footballer ) ( 1887-1947 ), Swedish footballer
Nils Johan Andersson (1821-1880), Swedish botanist
Nils Andersson ( football coach ) ( b. 1941 ), Swedish football player and coach
Niels Annen (born 1973 ), German politician
Nils Antons (* 1979), German ice hockey player
Niels Arestrup ( born 1949 ), French film and theater actor
Nils Asther (1897-1981), actor
Nils Axelsson (1906-1989), Swedish footballer
Nils Bennike ( born 1925 ), Danish football player
Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000), Danish composer and pianist
Nils Bielke (1644-1716), Swedish General
Nils Ferdinand von Bilow (1800-1846), German landowner, politician and historian
Niels Birbaumer (* 1945), German psychologist and neurobiologist
Niels Bjerrum Janniksen (1879-1958), Danish chemist
Nils Blommér ( real name: Nils Jakob Olsson ) ( 1816-1853 ), Swedish painter
Nils Bohlin (1920-2002), Swedish flight engineer and inventor of the three-point seat belt
Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist
Nils Bokelberg (* 1976), German television presenter and singer
Niels Böttcher ( * 1962), German politician
Nils Brennecke (* 1974), German author, presenter and journalist
Niels Brouzes ( b. 1981 ), French cyclist
Nils Brunkhorst (born 1976 ), German actor
Nils Busch- Petersen (born 1964 ), German -house lawyer and politician
Niels Busk ( born 1942 ), Danish politician
Niels Lund Chrestensen (1840-1914) (1840-1914), Danish gardener's assistant and founder of the vegetable farm NL Chrestensen
Niels Lund Chrestensen (1940 ) (* 1940), German manager
Niels Christensen (1865-1952), inventor of the O- ring
Nils Christie ( b. 1928 ), Norwegian criminologist
Niels Clausnitzer (* 1930), German actor, voice actor and psychotherapist
Nils Claussen (* 1937), German materials scientists
Nils Dackegrottan (? -1543 ), Swedish farmers and resistance leader
Niels Fredrik Dahl ( b. 1957 ), Norwegian poet, playwright and novelist
Nils Gustaf Dalén (1869-1937), Swedish engineer Gustaf see Dalén
Niels (Denmark ) (c. 1064-1134 ), King of Denmark
Nils Diederich (* 1934), German politician and political scientist
Niels Lan Doky ( born 1963 ), Danish jazz pianist
Nils Döring (* 1980), German football player
Nils Dresrüsse (* 1990), German handball player
Nils Christofer Dunér (1839-1914), Swedish astronomer
Niels Ebbesen (? -1340 ), Member of the Jutland nobility low
Nils Edén (1871-1945), Swedish historian, politician and prime minister
Niels Madsen Eigtved (1701-1754), Danish architect, interior architect and master builder, see Nicolai Eigtved
Nils Johan Ekdahl (1799-1870), Swedish theologian, political writer and cultural historian
Nils Ekman (born 1976 ), Swedish ice hockey player
Nils Ericson (1802-1870), Swedish engineer
Niels Ewerbeck (1962-2012), German gallery, theater director and university lecturer
Niels Nicholas Falck (1784-1850), renowned lawyer, historian and statesman
Niels Feijen ( born 1977 ), Dutch Pool player
Nils Ferlin (1898-1961), Swedish poet
Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904), Danish physician
Nils Fischer (* 1987), German football player
Nils Frahm (* 1982 ), German musician and composer
Niels Fred Borg ( born 1946 ), Danish cyclist
Niels Christian Frederiksen (1840-1905), Danish economist
Niels Frevert (born 1967 ), German singer and songwriter / singer-songwriter
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890), Danish composer and conductor
Niels William ( * 1974 ), Flemish singer, manager and owner of an artists' agency in Ghent
Nils Gaup (* 1955), Sami - Norwegian film director
Niels van Gogh ( *? ), German DJ and musician
Nils Gran Delius (* 1993), Swedish chess player
Niels Hansen ( diplomat ) (* 1924), German diplomat
Niels Hansen ( footballer ) ( b. 1983 ), German football player
Niels Tune Hansen ( born 1953 ), Danish football player
Niels Hasselmann ( b. 1936 ), German Lutheran theologian
Nils Havemann (* 1966), German political scientist, historian and lecturer
Niels Heidenreich (1761-1844), watchmaker and goldsmith in Copenhagen
Nils Erik Hellsten (1886-1962), Swedish fencer
Nils Robert Hellsten (1885-1963), Swedish Turner
Nils Henkel (* 1969), German cooking
Nils Gunnar Henriksson (1920-1999), Swedish physician, university teacher and author
Niels Hoffmeyer (1836-1884), Danish meteorologist
Niels Holst -Sørensen (* 1922), Danish athlete
Niels Kaj Jerne (1911-1994), Danish immunologist
Niels Juel (1629-1697), Danish Admiral
Nils Julius ( b. 1974 ), German actor
Niels Oude Kamphuis ( b. 1977 ), Dutch footballer
Nils Karlsson (1917-2012), Swedish cross-country skiers
Niels Kerstholt ( b. 1983 ), Dutch Shorttracker
Nils Koepp (born 1967 ), German figure skater
Niels Kurvin (* 1975), German actor
Nils Landgren ( born 1956 ), Swedish trombonist and singer
Niels Laupert (* 1975), German film director, producer and screenwriter
Nils Lehmann ( * 1968 ), German handball player
Nils Liedholm (1922-2007), Swedish football player and coach
Nils Lindberg ( born 1933), Swedish jazz composer, pianist and arranger
Nils Linnæus (1674-1748), Swedish minister
Nils Lofgren ( born 1951 ), American rock musician
Nils Loof (* 1970), German writer and director
Nils Middelboe (1887-1976), Danish football player
Nils Mittmann (* 1979), German basketball player
Nils Mohl (* 1971), German writer
Nils Petter Molvaer ( b. 1960 ), Norwegian jazz trumpeter and music producer
Nils Mönkemeyer (* 1978), German violist
Nils R. Müller (1921-2007), Norwegian film director
Niels Muus (born 1958 ), Danish pianist and conductor
Niels Erik Nørlund (1885-1981), Danish mathematician and astronomer
Niels Neergaard (1854-1936), Danish politician and Prime Minister ( Statsminister )
Nils Hjalmar Odhner (1884-1973), Swedish malacologist
Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005), Danish jazz bass player
Nils Persson (1836-1916), Swedish businessman and consul and member of the Swedish Parliament
Nils Petersen ( footballer ) (* 1988), German football player
Nils O. Petersen, Canadian chemist and university teacher
Niels Matthias Petersen (1791-1862), Danish linguist, literary scholar ( Scandinavian ) and historian
Nils Poppe (1908-2000), Swedish actor, director and theater director
Nils Arvid Ramm (1903-1986), Swedish boxer
Nils Quaschner (* 1994), German football player
Niels Robitzky (* 1969), German choreographer and hip hop dancer
Nils Rosén (1902-1951), Swedish footballer
Nils Rosén Rosenstein (1706-1773), Swedish court physician and university teacher
Niels Ruf (* 1973), German television presenter, writer and actor
Niels Scheuneman ( b. 1983 ), Dutch cyclist
Niels Schlotterbeck (* 1967), German football player
Nils Schmid ( * 1973), German politician
Niels Bruno Schmidt ( * 1975), German actor
Nils Narrows (* 1969), German football player
Nils Schumann (born 1978 ), German track and field athlete
Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787-1845), Swedish chemist and mineralogist
Sten Selander Nils Edvard (1891-1957), Swedish poet and botanist, see Sten Selander
Nils Johan Semb ( born 1959 ), Norwegian football coach
Nils Skoglund (1906-1980), Swedish diver
Nils Nilsson Skum (1872-1951), Sami artists
Nils Sondermann (* 1987), German ice hockey player
Niels Sönnichsen (* 1930), German physician, dermatologist and immunologist
Nils Stensen (1638-1686), Danish physician, anatomist and geologist, later Catholic priest and bishop, Nicolaus Steno see
Nils Strindberg (1872-1897), Swedish scientist and photographer
Nils Täpp (1917-2000), Swedish cross-country skiers
Nils Ušakovs (born 1976 ), mayor of the Latvian capital Riga
Nils- Aslak Valkeapää (1943-2001), Sami writers, musicians, artists and actors
Nils Västhagen (1906-1965), Swedish economist and university professor
Niels Werber (born 1965 ), German literature, media and cultural studies scholar
Niels Westergaard Ludwig (1815-1872), Danish orientalist
Nils Wiberg (1934-2007), German chemist
Nils Wiechmann (* 1976), German politician
Nils Winter ( born 1977 ), German long jumper
Niels Winther Christopher (1822-1892), Faroese lawyer, politician and author
Nils Wogram (* 1972), German jazz trombonist and composer
Wülker (* 1977), German jazz trumpeter and composer

Others

Niels Klim, the main character in the novel Niels Klim's Underground Travel (1741 ) by Ludvig Holberg
Niels Lyhne, main character of the eponymous novel (1880 ) by Jens Peter Jacobsen
Nils Holgersson, character from the novel by Selma Lagerlof
Little Nils, a comedy figure

Nicholas (disambiguation) Niels Nikolaus Falck Niels Fredborg Niels Hansen (Diplomat) Nils Hellsten (gymnast) Nils Landgren (musician) Nils Ramm Nicolas Steno Niels Ludvig Westergaard

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