Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish and Swedish variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas and Neil. As with Niels, its pet form is Nisse. Female variants are Nilsine, Nilsina, and Nilsa.
People and animals with the given name
Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier
Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer
Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer
Nils Frykdahl, American musician
Nils Liedholm (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach
Nils Lofgren (born 1951), American musician
Nils Mittmann (born 1979), German basketball player
Nils Muižnieks (born 1964), Latvian-American political scientist
Nils Olav, a penguin in Edinburgh Zoo who is the mascot of the Norwegian Royal Guard
Nils Petersen (born 1988), German footballer
Nils Trygg (1914–1951), Swedish woodcarver
Nils Lahr (born 1973), American entrepreneur
Nils Ušakovs (born 1976), Latvian politician, Mayor of Riga
Nils Langlois Cannon(born 1999), Mathematics student
Nils (Fire Emblem), the fictional bard in the Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken video game
Nils Holgersson, the main character of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf
Nils, a character in Double Fines video game Psychonauts
Nils Helstrom, a character in the 1933 film The Son of Kong
Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle
Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1973 book Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert, inspired by the 1971 film
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