Neil

See also: neil and néil

English

Alternative forms

• Neal
• Neale
• Neill

Etymology

Anglicized form of Goidelic/Irish Niall. Doublet of Niall.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nēl, IPA^(key): /niːl/

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• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophones: kneel, Neal, Niel

Proper noun

Neil

1. A male given name from Irish.
   • 2017 April 5, Steven Waldman, “Learning to Love the Nuclear Option”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 November 2020:

     So now that the Republicans have used the nuclear option to kill the poor filibuster to clear the way for the elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, we can lose perspective.

2. A surname from Irish derived from the given name.

Derived terms

• Kincardine O'Neil
• Neilson
• Nelson

Translations

a given name

• Bulgarian: Нийл m (Nijl)
• Georgian: ნილ (nil), ნილი (nili)
• Icelandic: Njáll (is)
• Persian: نیل (fa) (neyl)
• Russian: Нил (ru) (Nil), Нейл (ru) (Nejl)

Anagrams

• LEIN, LINE, Line, Niel, Nile, lien, line

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Neil, anglicised form of Goidelic Niall.

Proper noun

Neil

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Irish]