Nilo
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Nilo by the numbers
Nilo was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Nilo
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 Nilo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nicovictory of the people; form of nicholas306 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nikovictory; a form of Nicholas514 in the US (2017)
- Nileriver valley; from the Nile River20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ninoboy; a form of Antonino or similar names10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nilsvictory of the people; Scandinavian form of Nicholas4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nelo6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nilo
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