Origin and popularity of the name NEILSON
Origin
Neilson : 1: English and Scottish: variant of Nielson 1 or an Anglicized form of McNeil.2: English: variant of Nelson.3: Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson or Danish Norwegian and North German Nielsen (compare Neilsen) or Nilsen. Compare also Nelson and Nielson.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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