Meaning & Origin
Nyls (a hamlet in the municipality of Pineilla, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)
Nils is a boy's baby name of Scandinavian origin, the Swedish and Norwegian form of Nicholas, from the Greek Nikolaos, composed of nike (victory) and laos (people), meaning 'victory of the people.'
With over 3,000 recorded births, Nils is a classic of Scandinavian naming — beloved in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark for centuries. Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning Danish physicist who revolutionized atomic theory, is one of the name's greatest intellectual bearers. Outside Scandinavia it's refreshingly rare, carrying unmistakable Nordic character in a clean, one-syllable package.