Nilsa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Nilsa by the numbers
Nilsa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 76 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Nilsa
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 Nilsa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nisawoman; a proper name used in Islamic tradition10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nildabattle woman; a form of Brunhilda
- Nissa14 in the US (2017)
- Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nellabeautiful; a form of Nell or Nella45 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nilsa
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