Nylie
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Nylie by the numbers
Nylie was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Nylie
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 Nylie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nylee21 in the US (2017)
- Nylia15 in the US (2017)
- Nelliebright shining one; diminutive of Helen458 in England and Wales (2025)
- Neliahorn of plenty; a form of Cornelia5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nixiewater sprite, mermaid; a form of Nix8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nellebright light; diminutive of Helen or Eleanor18 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Nylie
Names that are said the same way as Nylie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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