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Nelson

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

“English surname meaning 'son of Neil'”

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1910s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nelson peaked in the 1910s.

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