72%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Pronounced Pron. /ˈni.lo/(Italian, Spanish) /ˈni.lu/(Portuguese) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Neilos (and also of the Nile River). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootNeilos (place name)Other Languages & CulturesNeilos, Nilus(Ancient Greek) Nil(Belarusian) Nil(Catalan) Neilos, Nilus(Greek Mythology) Nil(Russian) Nil(Ukrainian) PopularityDetails Last ranked #840 in 1980 Brazil (by decade) Name DaysName Days? Italy: September 26 Categories isograms, playwrights, rivers, Tamora Pierce characters, water, wet