Nils
Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish and Swedish variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas and Neil. Female variants are Nilsine, Nilsina, and Nilsa.People and animals with the given name
- Nils Bergström, Swedish ice hockey player
- Nils-Joel Englund, Swedish cross-country skier
- Nils Ericson, Swedish inventor and engineer
- Nils Frahm, German pianist and producer
- Nils Frykdahl, American musician
- Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach
- Nils Lofgren, American musician
- Nils Lorens Sjöberg, Swedish officer and poet
- Nils Mittmann, German basketball player
- Nils Muižnieks, Latvian-American political scientist
- Nils Olav, a penguin in Edinburgh Zoo who is the mascot of the Norwegian Royal Guard
- Nils Petersen, German footballer
- Nils Sjöberg, Swedish gymnast
- Nils Trygg, Swedish woodcarver
- Nils Lahr, American entrepreneur
- Nils Ušakovs, Latvian politician, Mayor of Riga
- Nils Dacke, Swedish rebel
- Nils, the fictional bard in the Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken video game
- Nils Holgersson, the main character of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf
- Nils, a character in Double Fines video game Psychonauts
- Nils Helstrom, a character in the 1933 film The Son of Kong
- Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle
- Nils Hellstrom, the central character of the 1973 book Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert, inspired by the 1971 film
- Nils Krogstad, a central character of the 1879 play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
- Nils Jesper, Joan Ferguson's henchman on Wentworth
- NILS Statue, a structure in Nintendo's video game Splatoon 2
