Nielsen

E25294

Scandinavian surname patronymic surname surname

Nielsen is a common Scandinavian surname, particularly prevalent in Denmark and Norway, traditionally meaning "son of Niels."

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nielsen (Dutch variant)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scandinavian surname ⓘ patronymic surname ⓘ surname ⓘ
derivedFromGivenName	Niels ⓘ
hasCognate	Nielsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nielsen (Dutch variant) Nielson ⓘ Nilsen ⓘ surface form: Nielssen Nilsen ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin	Scandinavian ⓘ
hasEtymologicalElement	-sen ⓘ Niels ⓘ
hasFrequency	very common in Denmark ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	Danish ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ
hasMeaning	son of Niels ⓘ
hasRegionOfPrevalence	Denmark ⓘ Norway ⓘ
hasUsage	family name ⓘ
hasVariant	Neilson ⓘ Nilsen ⓘ surface form: Nelsen Nelson ⓘ Nielson ⓘ
isPatronymicOf	Niels ⓘ
suffixMeaning	-sen means son of in Danish ⓘ -sen means son of in Norwegian ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leslie Nielsen → familyName → Nielsen ⓘ

Nielsen → hasCognate → Nielsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nielsen (Dutch variant)

Nilsen → hasEtymologicalRelation → Nielsen ⓘ

Neilson → hasVariant → Nielsen ⓘ

Nielson → isRelatedToSurname → Nielsen ⓘ