Neel - name meaning and origin

The boy's and girl's name Neel \neel\ is a variant of Cornelius (Latin), Neal (Irish) and Neil (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Neel is "horn; champion".

The baby name Neel sounds like Noel, Neely, Niel and Newel. Other similar baby names are Peel, Del, Nye, Lee, Beal, Bell, Buel, Cael, Dael, Dell, Ned, Gael, Jael, Yael, Joel, Yoel, Kael, Keely, Kell, Mel, Nabeel, Nagel, Naegel, Naeem, Neall, Neale, Nebo, Nial, Nels, Neils, Neill, Neile, Nemo, Ner, Nereo, Nevil, Nev, Newell, Niels, Nigel, Nygel, Njal, Nijel, Noe, Nowel, Noll, Peal, Peele, Pell, Reuel, Ruel, Seal and Seely.

Neel is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Neel. Compare Neel with related baby names.