Etymology

Neil

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Today it means: A male given name from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Niall
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromNiall
  2. English todayNeil

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

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.