Nils

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Nils Krogstad is a character in Henry Ibsen’s 1879 play, a Doll’s House.

Also German:

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https://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/3345-nils.htm
https://www.behindthename.com/name/nils/top/germany-berlin
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils
https://de.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nils
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nils#German
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Schmid
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Wiberg
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Antons

Also Latvian: https://personvardi.pmlp.gov.lv/index.php?name=74533

Nils is also Estonian and Latvian. The name day for Nils in Estonia is December 6. The name day for Nils in Latvia is June 19.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils
https://forebears.io/forenames/nils

With 103 518 bearers, Nils is the 9th most common masculine given name in Sweden (2014 Data).

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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/nils

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish

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Pronounced: NILS (Swedish), NEELS (Finnish)

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Meaning: Swedish and Norwegian form of NICHOLAS.

Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with his work as a solo artist, he is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1984, a former member of Crazy Horse, and founder/frontman of the band Grin. Lofgren was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band in 2014.

Nils Allen "BooBoo" Stewart is an actor from The Twilight Saga and Descendants.

Nils Frahm is a German musician and composer.

Nils Lofgren is a singer, songwriter, and rock musician who has played in Neil Young's and Bruce Springsteen's bands, as well as having a solo career.

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

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.

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

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

Nils Ferlin was a Swedish poet.

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.

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".