Nilo

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nilo is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name41K records spelled Nilo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Nîlö

• Italian given name8.4K records spelled Nilo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Italy, Peru

  Also written Nile, Nilò

• Croatian given name1.5K records spelled Nilo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Sweden, Croatia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Нило

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nilo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, latín Nilus, del griego Neilos; hebreo 'río', por antonomasia.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, forma popular e coloquial, redução de Danilo; talvez também se refira ao rio egípcio.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Vittorioso

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Filipino, Nile (a large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In ski, to shine, of a lamp, the moon, etc.

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 111 years between 1905–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nil Izvorovb. 1823BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian apostolic vicar
• Nilo Fabrab. 1843ESSpanish writer and journalist (1843–1903)
• Nilo Peçanhab. 1867BRPresident of Brazil (1867-1924)
• Nilo Menéndezb. 1902CUCuban-born American singer, pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter
• Nilo Murtinho Bragab. 1903BRBrazilian footballer (1903-1975)
• Nilo Acuñab. 1943UYUruguayan footballer (1943-2004)
• Nilo Cruzb. 1960CUCuban American playwright
• Nilo Carreterob. 1986ARfootballer
• Federico Nilo Maldinib. 2001ITItalian pistol shooter
• Nilo NeuenhofenDEGerman film director

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 713 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nilo?

We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Nilo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Nilo have the most bearers?

Nilo is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled nilo.

How common is Nilo compared with other names?

In Peru, Nilo is the 806th most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Nilo a male or female name?

Nilo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nilo mean?

Recorded meaning: Nile (a river in northeastern Africa)