Niels


Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nikolaos, 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
  • Niels, Count of Halland
  • Niels Aagaard, Danish poet
  • Niels Aall, Norwegian businessman and politician
  • Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician
  • Niels Arestrup, French-Danish actor and director
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer and pianist
  • Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and Nobel Prize recipient
  • Niels Busk, Danish politician
  • Niels Ebbesen, Danish squire and national hero
  • Niels Nikolaus Falck, Danish jurist and historian
  • Niels Feijen, Dutch pool player
  • Niels Ferguson, Dutch cryptographer
  • Niels Friis, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg, succeeding Niels Glob
  • Niels Gade, Danish musician
  • Niels Giffey, German basketball player
  • Niels Glob, Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Viborg
  • Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor
  • Niels Helveg Petersen, Danish politician
  • Niels Hemmingsen, Danish theologian
  • Niels Hintermann, Swiss alpine ski racer
  • Niels Holst-Sørensen, Danish athlete and general
  • Niels Lauritz Høyen, Danish art historian
  • Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist and Nobel Prize recipient
  • Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp, Swedish soldier and politician
  • Niels Juel, Danish admiral
  • Niels Kaas, Danish politician
  • Niels Christian Kaldau, Danish badminton player
  • Niels Krabbe, Danish ornithologist
  • Niels Lan Doky, Danish jazz pianist
  • Niels de Langen, Dutch para-alpine skier
  • Niels McDonald, German tennis player
  • Niels Meyn, Danish author
  • Niels Neergaard, Danish historian and politician
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist
  • Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician and Nobel Prize recipient
  • Niels Schneider, Canadian actor
  • Niels Steensen, also known as Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist and Catholic bishop
  • Niels Tas, Belgian politician
  • Niels Treschow, Norwegian philosopher and politician
  • Niels van den Berge, Dutch politician
  • Niels van der Zwan, Dutch rower
  • Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower
  • Niels Verschaeren, Belgian para-cyclist