Meaning of the nameNilo

Nilo is a male name taken from the name of the Nile river, in Greek Neilos, a word that Behind the Name says is possibly Semitic, with the sense of 'river'.

Meaning

“name of the Nile river”

Source: Behind the Name: Nilo · Behind the Name: Neilos

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People (2022): 14,297
Rank in Brazil: #1,336
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 18,599; people

Nilo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nilo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,511 people).

40 women 14,257 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Nilo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Nilo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	2,057	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	1,889	0.012%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,770	0.016%
São Paulo	1,722	0.004%
Santa Catarina	938	0.012%
Bahia	817	0.006%
Paraná	607	0.005%
Pará	471	0.006%
Goiás	456	0.007%
Ceará	435	0.005%
Espírito Santo	392	0.010%
Maranhão	353	0.005%
Amazonas	335	0.009%
Pernambuco	297	0.003%
Piauí	268	0.008%
Mato Grosso	261	0.007%
Distrito Federal	202	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	193	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	155	0.005%
Tocantins	144	0.010%
Rondônia	117	0.007%
Paraíba	114	0.003%
Alagoas	93	0.003%
Acre	79	0.010%
Sergipe	59	0.003%
Roraima	40	0.006%
Amapá	33	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Nilo

Behind the Name gives Nilo as the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Neilos, the Greek name of the Nile river, and says this word is possibly of Semitic origin, with the sense of 'river'. In Greek mythology, Neilos was also the god of the river. Wiktionary traces the name of the river, in Portuguese, to Old Galician-Portuguese Nilo, to Latin Nīlus and to Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,297 people named Nilo, with a median age of 60. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Behind the Name: Nilo · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Neilos · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Nilo · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Nilo

What does the name Nilo mean?

Nilo means “name of the Nile river”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Nilo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,297 people with the first name Nilo, which ranks it number 1,336 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Nilo a boy's or a girl's name?

Nilo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 40 women and 14,257 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nilo?

Nilo is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Nilo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.016% of the state's population is named Nilo (1,770 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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