Nelson (given name)

Nelson is an English given name, more commonly used as a surname.

This article is about the given name "Nelson". For the surname, see Nelson (surname). For other uses, see Nelson (disambiguation).

It is derived from a patronymic name created from the given name "Nell," or for the Irish, "Niall". The name is also listed as a baptismal name "the son of Eleanor". [1][2] "Nel" or "Neal" were mediaeval personal names, being Anglo-Scandinavian (North Germanic) forms of the Gaelic name Niall. The Scandinavians adopted and modified the name to "Njal" and it was they who brought the name to northern England and East Anglia.[3]

Nelson is also an anglicised version of the Scandinavian names Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson.[3]

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References
  1. Powell, Kimberly (16 January 2020). "NELSON - Surname Meaning and Family History". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. "Nelson Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseofNames. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. "Nelson Name Meaning & Nelson". Ancestry. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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