Niall

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Male Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Gaelic name of uncertain meaning. Some theories:

1) Old Irish nél = 'cloud'

2) Old Irish niadh = 'champion' [1]

3) Old Irish ? = 'passionate'

4) Celtic ? = 'warrior' [2]

Related Names

     
Nial ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Niall ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Njal ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Njál ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Njála ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Njáll ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Old Norse
Njálur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Njædel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Njål ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 21 29
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 10 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 0 8
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 1 n.a 20
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Niall.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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