In all the world, Niels (Niels 
, نيلز 
, Нильс 
, among others...) is a common male given name. The first name Niels is characteristic of Greenland, where it is quite a common boy's name, Denmark, and Belgium (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Western Europe, particularly Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium. Much less frequently, Niels is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Niels | Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, United States |
| نيلز | Iraq, Libya |
| Нильс | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| 尼尔斯 | China |
| Нільс | Ukraine |
| נילס | Israel |
Fjompenisse, Miklavž, Miklos, Miklós, Mikola, Mikołaj, Mikuláš, Mykola, Mykoła, Niccolò, Nicholas, Nicholaus, Nickel, Nicolaas, Nicolae, Nicolaes, Nicolas, Nicolau, Nicolaus, Nicolay, Nicolino, Nicolo, Nicolás, Nicolò, Nicos, Niilo, Niisi, Nikolai, Nikolai, Nikolaj, Nikolaj, Nikolajs, Nikolajus, Nikolao, Nikolaos, Nikolas, Nikolass, Nikolaus, Nikolay, Nikolaz, Nikolaï, Nikos, Nikołaj, Nils, Nis, Nisse, Nyikolaj, Níels, Νίκολας, Νίκος, Νικολάου,
Niels is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Niels Buckingham , the main character from the danish sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas; Jimmy Neutron , the animated character, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; Niels Klim , the Fictional character, Niels Klim's Underground Travels; Nils Holgersson , character in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Abyss , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, among other works.
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niels King of Denmark, DE (b. 1065) |
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niels ebbesen Danish folk hero, DK (b. 1308) |
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| niels brock DK (b. 1250) |
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| niels jensen loupose (b. 1350) |
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| niels bugge (b. 1350) |
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| niels hack (b. 1450) |
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| niels nielsen brahe (b. 1450) |
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niels hemmingsen Danish theologian, DK (b. 1513) |
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| niels henriksen arenfeldt Danish judge (b. 1480) |
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niels kaas Danish politician, DK (b. 1535) |
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niels truidsen ulfstand DK (b. 1526) |
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niels simonsen glostrup Lutheran bishop (b. 1550) |
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| niels lange (b. 1500) |
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| niels palladius Danish theologian, DK (b. 1510) |
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| niels jespersen (b. 1518) |
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Bos, Peeters, Poulsen, Rgensen, Janssen, Thomsen, Nielsen, Willems, Andersen, Petersen, Pedersen, Jacobsen, Jakobsen, Johansen, Mortensen, Mikkelsen, Sørensen, Rasmussen, Henriksen, Kristensen, Jørgensen, Christensen, Knudsen, Frederiksen, Schmidt, Olesen, Berg, Boer, Dijk, Lund, Ller, Jong, Groot, Olsen, Madsen, Meijer, Mulder, Bakker, Peters, Rensen, Dekker, Larsen, Jansen, Jacobs, Jensen, Hansen, Visser, Møller, and Christiansen