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Nordic Names

Nils

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Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Swedish younger form of Nighils [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) Danish younger form of Niels [7] [8]

Related Names

Nels ♂
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Niila ♂
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Niilá ♂
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 Sami
Niilas ♂
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Niiles ♂
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Niillá ♂
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Niillán ♂
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Niillas ♂
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Niilo ♂
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 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Niilsi ♂
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Niilu ♂
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Nila ♂
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 Sami Swedish
Nilá ♂
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Nilán ♂
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Nilas ♂
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Nilke ♂
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Nilla ♂
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Nillá ♂
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Nillo ♂
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Nills ♂
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Nilpa ♂
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 Sami
Nilppi ♂
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 Finish
Nils ♂
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Níls ♂
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Nilsa ♂
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Nilse ♂
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Nilseus ♂
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Nilss ♂
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Næjla ♂
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 Sami

See also Nelius, Nilus, Nipa, Nisse

For female forms see Nemine, Nila, Nilena, Nilsa, Nilséa, Nilsine

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Nilsen Denmark Norway
Nilson Old Swedish Sweden
Nilssen Norway
Nilsson Old Swedish Iceland Sweden
Nilssøn Norway
Nilsøn Norway

Female

Nilsdatter Denmark Norway
Nilsdotter Old Swedish Norway Sweden
Nilsdóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see NIL (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Nils
Genitive: Nils'
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Nils
Accusative: Nils
Dative: Nilsi
Genitive: Nils
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Nils
Genitive: Nilsin
Partitive: Nilsiä
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Nils
Accusative: Nils
Dative: Nils
Genitive: Nils
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Nils
Genitive: Nils'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Nils
Genitive: Nils' / Nils

Name Days

Norway Norway

6 December

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

6 December

Sweden Sweden

8 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 176604 people were named Nils (percentage of first or only given name: 93 %) [12]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[15]
35690 139325 3 21 35687 139304
Finland Finland[16]
n.a.
 7609 0 0
n.a.
 7609
Denmark Denmark[17]
2228
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 2228
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[18]
28 39
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[19]
4 5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[20]
12332
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 12332
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Nils (m) Sources: [15][17][20][16]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Nils (m) Sources: [21]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Nils (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Nils (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Nils (m)


References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
  4. ↑ Assar Janzén: Personnamn (1947)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. ↑ Märit Frändén: Svenska kyrkan och det samiska namnskicket (2016)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  8. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  9. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  14. ↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  18. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  19. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  21. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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