Nile

River name, color name, or variation of Niall, Irish

"champion"

Nile Origin and Meaning

The name Nile is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "champion".

Water names are a cool category these days, and this one of the famous Egyptian river is no exception. It streamlines the fussier Niles and also may be thought of as a color name, meaning dark blue or indigo.

Nile is also related to Niall, the Irish Gaelic form of Neal/Neil.

Nile was actually used enough to make it onto the Top 1000 a couple of times around the turn of the last century.

Nile Rank in US Top 1000

# 980 in the US

Popularity of the name Nile

• 1219 Nameberry 2025
• 777 Unique 2023
• 401 Unisex 2022

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Famous People Named Nile

• Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr., American singer and guitarist of band Chic
• Nile Clarke Kinnick American college football player
• Nile Ranger English footballer
• Nile Bart Williams, son of singers Ayo & Patrice Bart,Williams
• Nile Wilson Olympic gymnast

The name Nile in Pop Culture

• Nile Dok character from "Attack on Titan"
• Nile river in Egypt