Given name & surname
Nilos
“of the victorious people”
Nilos is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nilos is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
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Where it comes from
Nilos is a variant of Nicholas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
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The story
Nilos is a variant of Nicholas. The history of Nicholas gives this family its wider story. Nicholas’s Christian associations include Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, about whom virtually nothing factual is known.
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Nilos’s family of names
Nilos has a related form in Nicholas. In Swedish usage, Nilos has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Нил. In Greek usage, Nilos as a surname is a transliteration of Νίλος.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Nilos, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Niklos
“of the victorious people”
97% boys · 3% girls
Nicolls
“of the victorious people”
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Niklaas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Narkissos
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Nicklin
“of the victorious people”
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Nikolas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nixon
“of the victorious people”
95% boys · 5% girls
Nickolas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys