Nelson is not in the Bible. It is an English surname meaning “son of Neil,” and it came into use as a first name in honor of the British admiral Horatio Nelson, who was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It has no Hebrew meaning, and no one in Scripture bears it. What does Nelson mean? Nelson is a patronymic, a surname made from a father’s name: it means “son of Neil.” Neil comes from the Irish name…

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