Nile

Where Nile comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nile.

  • Vowel-ended
Nile through the years
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,079 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #900
    7 babies named Nile, its best rank.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1952
    Nile Rodgers born
    American record producer, musician and composer
  5. 1991
    Nile Ranger born
    English footballer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Nile Rodgers · American record producer, musician and composer, born 1952
  • Nile Ranger · English footballer, born 1991
  • Nile Wilson · British artistic gymnast, born 1996
  • Nile Kinnick · American football player, 1918–1943
  • Nile Marr · British musician and songwriter, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.