Nixen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Nixen by the numbers
Nixen was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Nixen
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 Nixen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nixonson of Nicholas634 in the US (2017)
- Nivenlittle bone; from gaelic naoimh4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nixin5 in the US (2017)
- Nigeldark, black; from Nigellus148 in the US (2017)
- Nolenchampion, descendant of the noble one; a respelling of Nolan72 in the US (2017)
- Nilesriver Nile; of the Nile valley65 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Nixen
Names that are said the same way as Nixen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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