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Neal

What does Neal mean?

Neal Pronunciation of 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
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(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)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Neal name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Neal outside U.S.

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.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Neal, Cornelius, Neale, Neel, Neil in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Neill, Nels, Niall, Niel, Nile, Oneal in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Neil, Niall outside U.S.

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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