Nils

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Nighils [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Nelius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Nels ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Niels ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Nielsigne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Nielsine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Niilá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Niilas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Niiles ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Niillá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Niillán ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Niillas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Niilo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Niilu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nilá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nilán ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nilas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Nilke ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nilla ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nillá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nillo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nilpa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nilppi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Nils ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Nilsa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nilse ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nilseus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Nilsine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian

See also Nipa and Nisse

Combinations

For combinations see NIL (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

6 December

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

6 December

Sweden Sweden

8 October

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Nils
Accusative: Nils
Dative: Nilsi
Genitive: Nils

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1544 [2]

Namesakes

Nils Holgersson, main character of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, 1906 (English: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils) - see also Mårten

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 2 4 43996 137988
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 2876 13779
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 2336 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 6854
  #: 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[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Nils(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Nils(m)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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