Niels

Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nicolaos, after Saint Nicholas. Its pet form is Nisse, and female variants are Nielsine, Nielsina, and Nielsa.

Notable people with the name include: *Niels, King of Denmark (1065–1134) *Niels, Count of Halland (died 1218) *Niels Aagaard (1612–1657), Danish poet *Niels Aall (1769–1854), Norwegian businessman and politician *Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), Norwegian mathematician *Niels Arestrup (born 1949), French actor *Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000), Danish composer and pianist *Niels Bohr (1885–1962), Danish physicist and Nobel Prize recipient *Niels Busk (born 1942), Danish politician *Niels Ebbesen (died 1340), Danish squire and national hero *Niels Feijen (born 1977), Dutch pool player *Niels Ferguson (born 1965), Dutch cryptographer *Niels Friis (died 1508), Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg, succeeding Niels Glob *Niels Gade (1817–1890), Danish musician *Niels Glob, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg (1478–1498) *Niels Giffey (born 1991), German basketball player *Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941), Danish sculptor *Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017), Danish politician *Niels Hemmingsen (1513–1600), Danish theologian *Niels Hintermann (born 1995), Swiss alpine ski racer *Niels Holst-Sørensen (1922–2023), Danish athlete and general *Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp (1646–1723), Swedish soldier and politician *Niels Juel (1629–1697), Danish admiral *Niels Christian Kaldau (born 1974), Danish badminton player *Niels Kaas (1535–1594), Danish politician *Niels Kaj Jerne (1911–1994), Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize recipient *Niels Krabbe (born 1951), Danish ornithologist *Niels Lan Doky (born 1963), Danish jazz pianist *Niels de Langen (born 1998), Dutch para-alpine skier *Niels Lauritz Høyen (1798–1870), Danish art historian *Niels Meyn (1891–1957), Danish author *Niels Neergaard (1854–1936), Danish historian and politician *Niels Nikolaus Falck (1784–1850), Danish jurist and historian *Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist *Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Danish physician and Nobel Prize recipient *Niels Schneider (born 1987), Canadian actor *Niels Steensen, also known as Nicolas Steno (1638–1686), Danish scientist and Catholic bishop *Niels Treschow (1751–1833), Norwegian philosopher and politician *Niels van den Berge (born 1984), Dutch politician *Niels van der Zwan (born 1967), Dutch rower *Niels van Steenis (born 1969), Dutch rower Provided by Wikipedia