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Nils
say it nils
What Nils means
- Scandinavian and Greek victory of the people; form of Nicholas Christian saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra, the gift-bringer
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 4 countries.
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 7 in El Salvador (2022)
- no. 10 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 92 in Norway (2020)
- no. 96 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 180 in Austria (2020)
- no. 307 in France (2019)
- no. 472 in Denmark (2019)
In the United States it was most popular around 1930.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Victor Kai Vicente Vincent Nicolas Lorenzo Nicholas Nico Cole Viktor Niklas Kairo