Across the world, Нилу (Nilu 
, Нилу 
) is a widespread largely female, but infrequently masculine forename. The first name Нилу is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common largely girly, but seldom male name, Kuwait, and Qatar, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Bangladesh, and Kuwait. Much less frequently, Нилу is the last name as well as the forename.