Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts mythology he was the god of the Nile, the son of Okeanos and Tethys.This name was borne by a 5th-century saint who lived in the Sinai Peninsula. It was also borne by a 10th-century Byzantine saint, usually called Nilus in English, who established the monastery at Grottaferrata near Rome.
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Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Νεῖλος.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026