Nelson (first name)
Nelson is a male given name that is common in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Origin and meaning
The first name Nelson was on the same terms, patronymic formed English surname "the Son with the meaning Neil taken".
Name bearer
First name
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- Nelson Abeijón (* 1973), Uruguayan football player and coach
- Nelson Acosta (* 1944 or 1953), Uruguayan-Chilean football player and coach
- Nelson Agholor (* 1993), American football player of Nigerian origin
- Nelson Agresta (* 1955), Uruguayan football player and coach
- Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915), American politician
- Nelson Slade Bond (1908-2006), American writer
- Nelson Carrera (* 1961), Portuguese rock 'n' roll / rockabilly musician
- Nelson Chamisa (* 1978), Zimbabwean lawyer and politician
- Nelson Gonçalves da Costa (* 1982), German-Portuguese soccer player
- Nelson Dawidjan (1950-2016), Soviet wrestler
- Nelson DeMille (born 1943), American writer
- Nelson Eddy (1901–1967), American baritone and actor
- Nelson Évora (* 1984), Portuguese athlete
- Nelson Frazier (1971-2014), American wrestler
- Nelson George (* 1957), American author, music and culture critic, film and TV producer and TV director
- Nelson Goodman (1906-1998), American philosopher
- Nelson Gutiérrez (* 1962), Uruguayan football player
- Nelson Bunker Hunt (1926–2014), American entrepreneur and speculator
- Nelson Lee (* 1975), Canadian actor of Taiwanese origin
- Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), South African politician and anti-apartheid fighter, President of South Africa (1994–1999)
- Nelson Mandela Mbouhom (* 1999), Cameroonian football player
- Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925), American officer
- Nelson Müller (* 1979), German cook, restaurateur and singer of Ghanaian origin
- Nélson Oliveira (* 1989), Portuguese road cyclist
- Nélson Oliveira (* 1991), Portuguese football player
- Nelson Panciatici (* 1988), French racing driver
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928–2018), Brazilian film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Nelson Jesus Perez (* 1961), American clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Nelson Piquet (* 1952), Brazilian racing driver
- Nelson Piquet junior (* 1985), Brazilian racing driver
- Nelson Riddle (1921–1985), American arranger, composer and big band leader
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979), American politician
- Nélson Semedo (* 1993), Portuguese football player
- Nelson Valdez (* 1983), Paraguayan football player
- Nelson Vivas (* 1969), Argentinian football player and coach
- Nelson Weidemann (* 1999), German basketball player
Middle name
- Richard Nelson Bolles (1927–2017), American non-fiction author
- John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), British theologian, co-founder of the Brethren movement
- Robert Nelson Jacobs (* 1954), American screenwriter
- Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922), American diplomat and writer
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872–1906), American chess player
- Joseph Nelson Rose (1862–1928), American botanist
stage name
- Nélson Alexandre Gomes Pereira (called Nélson ; * 1975), Portuguese football goalkeeper