Behind the Name: Comments for the name Nils

Comments for NILS:

Pronounced NILL-s, not like Niles. Common nick name is Nisse, which is also what you call a small gnome/ Santa's little helpers. Tomtenisse is sort of "small santa".

-- Anonymous User 12/16/2005

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is a famous work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, published in two parts 1906 and 1907. The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers' Association in 1902 to write a geography reader for the public schools.

-- Anonymous User 12/20/2005

Nils Ferlin was a Swedish poet.

-- Elphi 12/21/2005

Listen to the German pronunciation of Nils here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

-- _satu_ 10/24/2006

The origin of the name is Scandinavian and it's a form of Neil.

-- Spazoe 4/8/2007

Nils is an adorable name for a little boy, and still doesn't seem ridiculous on an older man. It's short and easy to say. It seems like a good name to choose if you want an uncommon (but still nice-sounding) name.

-- NatashaBulgakov 4/6/2009

I think this name is very interesting, and could sound youthful or mature. :) It's strange, in a very good way.

-- -Julia- 9/6/2009

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