Nelson

Meaning

Proper Noun

A male given name from surnames.
A placename

Origin

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".

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