Details for the forename Niels

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Niels (male)


Variants:	Neil (M) Nicholas (M) Niklas (M) Nils (M)
Derivative of:	Cornelis (M) Cornelius (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Private communication [MG²]
Notes:	1. Danish form of Nicholas, from Greek "victory (of the) people". 2. Also a Dutch derivative of Cornelis/Cornelius. A correspondent [MG²] has questioned whether the Scandanavian names Nils, Neils are equivalent to Neil but it is fairly certain they are variants of Nicholas. That is not to say that they, and Niels, might not be Anglicized as Neil in individual cases.