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Niilo

“victory of the people”

masculineLatin script

[ˈniːlo̞] · Finnish

Origin: Ancient Greek
3 language contexts: Danish Estonian Finnish
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Niilo

Niilo is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Estonian and Finnish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Nicholas, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “victory of the people”.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “victory of the people”

Vernacular forms of Nikolas, Nikolaus, like Swedish Nils.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: NicholasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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Ancient Greek originSource-reportedFrom Swedish/Old Swedish Nils, from the Latin saint's name Nicolaus (“Nicholas”), ultimately from Ancient Greek.

From Swedish/Old Swedish Nils, from the Latin saint's name Nicolaus (“Nicholas”), ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Niilo is used

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Across borders

countries in our sources

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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2021: 7 boys (rank 9714).

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4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Niilo

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 4; births; Rank #1,287
Peak year: 2020; 16 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Niilo in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	1	1,331	observed
2006	1	1,362	observed
2007	4	922	observed
2008	4	947	observed
2009	7	760	observed
2010	8	728	observed
2011	5	937	observed
2012	9	692	observed
2013	5	992	observed
2014	9	717	observed
2015	12	604	observed
2016	10	687	observed
2017	10	695	observed
2018	11	658	observed
2019	7	898	observed
2020	16	485	observed
2021	13	590	observed
2022	15	502	observed
2023	10	659	observed
2024	6	957	observed
2025	4	1,287	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Niilo” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Niilo Halonen
1940–2025
Finnish ski jumper (1940–2025)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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A name worth keeping.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q16280122CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: NicholasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Niilo

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “victory of the people”

Vernacular forms of Nikolas, Nikolaus, like Swedish Nils.

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: NicholasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Ancient Greek originSource-reportedFrom Swedish/Old Swedish Nils, from the Latin saint's name Nicolaus (“Nicholas”), ultimately from Ancient Greek.

From Swedish/Old Swedish Nils, from the Latin saint's name Nicolaus (“Nicholas”), ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Niilo is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Niilo’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2021: 7 boys (rank 9714).

Explore United States

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Niilo

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 4; births; Rank #1,287
Peak year: 2020; 16 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Niilo in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	1	1,331	observed
2006	1	1,362	observed
2007	4	922	observed
2008	4	947	observed
2009	7	760	observed
2010	8	728	observed
2011	5	937	observed
2012	9	692	observed
2013	5	992	observed
2014	9	717	observed
2015	12	604	observed
2016	10	687	observed
2017	10	695	observed
2018	11	658	observed
2019	7	898	observed
2020	16	485	observed
2021	13	590	observed
2022	15	502	observed
2023	10	659	observed
2024	6	957	observed
2025	4	1,287	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q16280122CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: NiiloCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: NicholasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Niilo

Meaning in the sources

Where Niilo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Notable bearers

Niilo Halonen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Niilo

Meaning in the sources

Where Niilo is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Notable bearers

Niilo Halonen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page