Nils

Where Nils comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nils.

Nils through the years
  1. 1869
    Nils Gustaf Dalén born
    Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist
  2. 1888
    Debut at its peak, #815
    #815 among boys with 7 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1922
    Nils Liedholm born
    Swedish footballer and manager
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Nils Gustaf Dalén · Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, 1869–1937
  • Nils Liedholm · Swedish footballer and manager, 1922–2007
  • Nils Petersen · German association football player, born 1988
  • Nils Edén · Swedish 20th century prime minister, 1871–1945
  • Nils van der Poel · Swedish speed skater, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.