> In many languages, you might use one for a type name, the other for a variable.

And Nim is one of those languages too. This is perfectly valid and frequently used:

    type
      Person = object
        name: string
        age: int

    let person = Person(name: "you", age: 99)

    echo person

You can try it in Nim Playground: https://play.nim-lang.org/#ix=20jS