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Nile - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Nile

[ 1 syll. ni-le, nil-e ] The boy name Nile is pronounced as NAYL KEY. Nile is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Celtic. Nile is a variant form of the Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish name Neil.

Nile is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1905, 0.006% of baby boys were named Nile. Its ranking then was #980. The baby name has since dropped in popularity, and is now of sporadic use. Out of the group of boy names directly related to Nile, the Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish Neil was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Nile include the Irish and Scottish Niall, the Arabic Nail, the English Neal, the English Neale, the Indian Neel, the Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish Neil, the English Neill, the English Niel, the Russian Nil, the English Noll, the Hawaiian Nahele, the Indian Nala, the Spanish Nelo, the English Newly, the English Nial, the Finnish and Italian Nilo, the Russian Nilya, the Spanish, English, and German Noel, the French Noël, and the English Nollie.

KEY: Pronunciation for Nile: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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