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Niels
OriginDanish variation of Nicholas; Dutch diminutive of Cornelius
Meaning"horn"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#12480
On Nameberry
About Niels
Variation of Cornelius
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,720 | 21 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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- King Niels
Danish king 1104 , 1134
- Niels Bohr
Danish Physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Niels Ryberg Finsen
winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology
- Niels Kaj Jerne
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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