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- Irish · derived fromÓ Tnúthghail“descendant of Tnúthgal”
- English todayNewell
Two main origins: * A variant of Neville or Noel. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tnúthghail (“descendant of Tnúthgal”), a personal name composed by the elements tnúth (“desire; envy”) + gal (“valor”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.