Nile
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning river valley; from the Nile River.
Nile by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Nile. In the US, 72 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 81 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nile. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nole6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Nile
Names that are said the same way as Nile, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Nile, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Nile, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nile
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