Nilay
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Nilay by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Nilay. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Nilay
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nilay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nilan16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Nellybright light; diminutive of Eleanor121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nilesriver Nile; of the Nile valley65 in the US (2017)
- Nihalcrescent moon or achieving one's desires31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nickyvictory of the people; diminutive of nicholas5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nilay
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