Nelson

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Usage

English name

Transferred use of the surname

1) Meaning 'son of Neil (see Niall)' ^[1] ^[2]

2) Meaning 'son of Nell (see Nelli)' ^[1]

♂

- Danish
Nominative:	Nelson
Genitive:	Nelsons

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Nelson
Genitive:	Nelsons

- Swedish
Nominative:	Nelson
Genitive:	Nelsons

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[3]	600	989	0	2	600	987
Finland^[4]	n.a.	259	0	0	n.a.	259
Denmark^[5]	98	n.a.	0	n.a.	98	n.a.
Iceland^[6]	8	8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[7]	116	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	116	n.a.
Greenland^[8]	0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Name statistics for Nelson (m) Sources: ^[3]^[5]^[7]^[4]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/