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What does Neal mean?
Neal ▼ as a boys' name is pronounced neel. It is of Irish origin. Variant of Neil. Also form of Cornelius.
STARTS WITH Ne-
ASSOCIATED WITH irish
Variations
VARIANTS Neale, Neall, Nealle, Neel
RELATED FORMS VIA NEIL Nealon, Neilan, Neile, Neill, Neille, Neils, Nels▼, Nial, Niall, Niel, Nile, Oneal
FEMININE FORM Neala
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Neal Palmer (N.P.), ..
How popular is Neal?
Neal is a very popular first name for men (#337 out of 1220, Top 28%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#333 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Neal reached its highest position of #217 in the U.S. during the years 1950-1959, and is at #1609 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Neil (#626 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Niall (#1667), Cornelius (#1696), Neel (#1777), Nile (#1973), Neale, Neill, Nels, Niel and Oneal are the prominent alternative forms of Neal (#1609) appearing in the Top 2000. These forms of Neal were popular as baby names 88 years ago (MEDIAN #1233) and have become significantly less popular since (#1758, ▼71.8%), with forms like Neil becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Neal▼ is alike in pronunciation to Neile, Neill, Newall, Newel, Newell, Newhall, Nial, Niall, Niel, Nile, Noel▲, Noll, Nowel and Nowell. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adal, Amal, Beal, Cal, Dal, Deval, Gal, Gemal, Hal▼, Jelal, Jemal, Nap, Nat▼, Natal, Nealon, Nebo, Ned▼, Neely, Neils, Nels▼, Nemo, Ner, Nev, Nevan, Nevil, Niaz, Njal, Noah▲, Noak, Noam, Oneal, Oral▼, Pal, Peal, Sal, Seal, Tal and Val. These names tend to be less frequently used than Neal.
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