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Nils

Masculine
Origin: Scandinavian Syllables: 1 Length: 4 letters

Meaning & Etymology

"Victory of the people"

Phonetic Key (Double Metaphone): NLS
Used for sound-alike matching

Linguistic Connections

Spelling & Dialect Variants

1 related
Niels (Scandinavian)

Cross-Cultural Cognates

7 cognates
Claus (German) Klaus (German) Nicholas (Greek) Nicklaus (German) Nicolas (English) Nikkos (Greek) Niklaus (Slavic)

Sound-Alike Names

Phonetically similar names sharing the "NLS" sound key and 1 syllables

Nels

Masculine Celtic given name

Chief

Niels

Masculine Scandinavian given name

Triumphator of the people

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