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Gaelic name of uncertain meaning. Some theories:
1) Old Irish nél = 'cloud' [1]
2) Old Irish niadh = 'champion' [2]
3) Old Irish ? = 'passionate' [1]
4) Celtic/Irish ? = 'warrior' [3] [4] [1]
Neil | ♂ |
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Neill | ♂ |
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Nial | ♂ |
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Niall | ♂ |
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Irish |
Niáll | ♂ |
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Niel | ♂ |
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Nigel | ♂ |
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Njal | ♂ |
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Njál | ♂ |
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Njála | ♀ |
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Njáll | ♂ |
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Njálur | ♂ |
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Njell | ♂ |
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Njædel | ♂ |
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Njål | ♂ |
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Njaal | ♂ |
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Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[5] |
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36 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 54 |
Finland[6] |
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n.a. |
44 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
44 |
Denmark[7] |
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21 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
21 | n.a. |
Iceland[8] |
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2 | 2 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[9] |
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8 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
8 | n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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.