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Niels

Danish variation of Nicholas; Dutch diminutive of Cornelius

"horn"

Pamela Redmond

By Pamela Redmond

Updated Wed Feb 04 2026

Niels Origin and Meaning

Variation of Cornelius

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Famous People Named Niels

Popularity of the name Niels

74Germany2017
75Netherlands2015

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Famous People Named Niels

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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