Comments for the name Nelson

Nelson comes from the name Nielsen which means son of Niel. It was a Scandinavian tradition that one's last name be your father's name with sen (sen means son) on the end. When immigrants came to American, the i was dropped and the second e was changed to an o to Americanize the name.

Well, not quite accurate for all Scandinavian languages. In Swedish -son names are spelled with an 'o', son is the same word in Swedish. Usually Swedish son-names are spelled with two s's though, which they aren't in English. Andersson = Anders' son.

Kiefer Sutherland played a character named Nelson in the film Flatliners.

A famous bearer is Nelson Mandela.

Awesome band: Hawk Nelson, awesome band and awesome name!

Mike Nelson from Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Nelson is a pretty good name for a boy, not heard of very often.

A famous bearer is former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.

Nelson Muntz is a bully on the Simpsons.

Nelson Mandela comes to mind, but the name also makes me think of the bully on the Simpsons. I'm sure many people would be tempted to throw in a ''ha ha'' when hearing this is someone's name. I don't really like this as a first name, and it doesn't sound very pleasant.

Whenever I hear this name, I can hear Nelson Muntz laughing "Ha ha!"

A famous bearer is American actor Nelsan Ellis. He's well-known for playing Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series "True Blood".

Nelson Algren (1909-1981) was an American writer.