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NILAS a Swedish variant of Nicholas?
That's what someone told me, and it sounds reasonable. But I can't find the name in any of my books nor on all those websites. Can anybody confirm this piece of information?
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I've seen Nilas as a Saami form of Nils.
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Nilas is listed as a derivation from Nicolas in one of my Norwegian namen books.
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Thanks a lot! nm
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I've never heard of Nilas, the Swedish form of Nicholas is Niklas.
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