THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Nelson
Nelson is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Nelson.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈnelson/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈn̪ɛl.son̪]Standard-Tagalog
Nel · son2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Nelson, from Middle English.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Nelson (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son. In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Nelson (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from English Nelson.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Nelson (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Nelson
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Nelson Asaytono
Filipino basketball player
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Nelson Mariano II
Filipino chess player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
41
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
5
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Nelson Asaytono, Nelson Mariano II
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Nelson in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Nelson
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jelson♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Arnelson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Benson·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Gerson·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Herson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jerson♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jilson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nello·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Nelson?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Nelson
4 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Jose Ma. Nelson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jose Nelson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Peter Nelson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Victor Nelson·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Nelson further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2782533 — Nelson (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Nelson Asaytono (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2782533 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Nelson Mariano II (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2782533 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nelson (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nelson (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nelson (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.