Nil Forename

10,189th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 100,004 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Nil Forename User-submission:

The name Nil has several meanings.

1. Indigo plant.

2. Blue, navy blue.

3. The river flowing from Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.

Nil Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
70%
 
44,7211:3,970696
India
72%
 
27,3471:44,4256,051
Spain
100%
8,3941:5,543519
Bangladesh
83%
 
5,5901:28,5262,921
Turkey
100%
4,2911:18,1311,448
Cambodia
82%
 
1,7751:9,1681,182
Russia
100%
9951:144,9582,432
Indonesia
100%
9131:282,54525,038
Israel
99%
 
8411:9,9921,274
Brazil
100%
7331:292,27311,446
United States
57%
 
4401:823,94818,446
Canada
100%
3201:103,5425,198
Philippines
82%
 
3071:345,30812,932
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Malaysia
59%
 
1881:161,9689,924
Poland
100%
1881:202,2723,614
Pakistan
59%
 
1811:1,073,79918,412
Peru
99%
 
1801:176,6194,896
Thailand
63%
 
1471:476,63823,043
Papua New Guinea
63%
 
1401:58,2315,617
Germany
 
88%
1291:749,4416,651
United Arab Emirates-1231:58,1465,121
France
68%
 
1161:573,0205,804
Uzbekistan
100%
1161:265,4005,580
England
58%
 
1061:524,55610,965
Venezuela
94%
 
1031:293,2229,377
Qatar
100%
1021:23,2313,339
Northern Cyprus
100%
981:3,246648
Egypt
100%
871:1,056,33318,582
Malawi
100%
851:201,3218,458
Zambia-811:195,7386,914
Belarus
97%
 
801:118,5301,171
Belgium
98%
 
671:171,4934,532
Netherlands
52%
 
631:268,2878,818
Congo
83%
 
621:80,7945,459
Slovenia
100%
511:48,2112,028
Colombia
93%
 
481:995,39411,382
Australia-361:379,3786,878
Nepal-331:863,25319,903
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Switzerland
71%
 
231:357,1096,546
China-211:65,050,27563,020
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
Uruguay
100%
191:180,4023,521
Panama
100%
181:217,0318,112
Nicaragua
100%
161:376,1467,303
Singapore-161:392,94110,341
Sweden
 
71%
161:616,11914,675
Chile
85%
 
141:1,257,65810,399
Mexico
67%
 
141:8,867,45928,360
South Africa
100%
141:3,895,18990,619
Azerbaijan
50%
 
131:741,76512,605
Iran-131:6,038,22121,383
Latvia-131:155,0502,346
Bhutan
56%
 
121:68,7441,925
Kazakhstan
100%
121:1,478,90413,216
Norway
88%
 
121:427,6948,125
Argentina
50%
 
111:3,888,47710,916
Taiwan
100%
111:2,160,88053,386
Afghanistan
50%
 
101:3,262,35223,137
Kyrgyzstan
83%
 
101:597,32817,002
Algeria-81:4,772,0909,478
Costa Rica
100%
61:794,6589,692
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Guatemala-61:2,684,7386,435
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Italy
71%
 
61:10,177,01531,373
Zimbabwe
100%
61:2,570,63664,965
Finland
67%
 
51:1,096,6379,775
Albania
50%
 
41:761,64222,793
Andorra-41:20,722745
Chad
100%
41:3,399,6008,891
Cuba-41:2,876,6386,272
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
French Polynesia-41:69,4762,352
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
New Caledonia
100%
41:67,5412,087
Romania-41:5,012,99431,756
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Austria
100%
31:2,838,06711,255
Bulgaria
 
67%
31:2,330,13016,302
Czechia
100%
31:3,552,0546,491
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Paraguay
50%
 
31:2,412,2689,978
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Armenia-21:1,459,37610,220
Burkina Faso-21:9,189,73469,235
Croatia
50%
 
21:2,108,53815,895
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Hungary
50%
 
21:4,895,8864,852
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
Uganda
50%
 
21:20,478,46091,660
Abkhazia
100%
11:243,4223,525
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mauritania
100%
11:4,095,23927,701
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Moldova
100%
11:3,561,1398,690
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Serbia
100%
11:7,145,72110,629
Seychelles
100%
11:92,6701,891
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484

The alternate forms: Nîl (1) are calculated separately.

Nil (18,201) may also be a surname.

Nil Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Nil has several meanings.

1. Indigo plant.

2. Blue, navy blue.

3. The river flowing from Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.

- iremelifsuel

Nil Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nîl891/
Niel8620,502/
Nill8617,070/
Nilh86184/
Niël86133/
Niol86120/
Ngil8690/
Nuil8673/
Nild8664/
Nihl8655/
Nilt8630/
Gnil8611/
Nilp866/
Hnil865/
Nnil865/
Nisl864/
Nijl864/
Nëil862/
Ƕnil861/
Nl801,118/
Niell75210/
Nigli7526/
Gnilt756/
Niehl755/
Nildd753/
Nilth753/
Niëll753/
Nwiwl753/
Nihål752/
Nillt751/
na Il751/
Nildh751/
Nyuil751/
Niuul751/
Nnill751/
Nilld751/
Nuill751/
Gnill751/
Ngill751/
Nel6719,886/
Nyl67613/
Nlp6751/
Nhl6743/
Nilova6721/
Nld6720/
Hnl6718/
Nll679/
Nnl678/
Nlt678/
Gnigli678/
Nlh675/
D'niel675/
Nilowa675/
Geenil672/
Nöl671/
Nél671/
Naia-L671/

Nil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nil in the Russian language
Нилnil-

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