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Niel

What does Niel mean?

Niel Pronunciation of Niel as a name for boys. The meaning of the name Niel is "champion". Niel is an alternate form of Neil (Irish, Gaelic): Scottish form of Niall.

STARTS WITH Ni-

ASSOCIATED WITH champion

Variations

VARIANTS Nile, Niall, Nial, Neill, Neile, Neel, Neall, Neale, Neal

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA NEIL Neille, Neils, Nels, Niles, Oneal

CREATIVE FORMS
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(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Niel Malakai (N.M.), ..

How popular is Niel?

Niel is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#51945 out of 150436, Top 35%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Niel was first listed in 1930-1939 and reached its top position of #1678 in the U.S. during 1950-1959, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

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

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

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Niel rated in the Top 2000 are Neal (#1609 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Neale, Neel (#1777), Neil (#626), Neill, Nels, Niall (#1667), Nile (#1973), Niles and Oneal. These relations of Niel were favored in the 1950s (MEDIAN #1366) and have become significantly less conventional since.



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

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

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

Similar Names

Niel is alike in pronunciation to Newel, Newell, Noel, Noll, Nowel and Nowell. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abel, Abiel, Acel, Adel, Adiel, Airel, Amel, Amiel, Arel, Ariel, Asiel, Avel, Aviel, Axel, Buel, Cael, Dael, Del, Edel, Fidel, Gael, Itiel, Jael, Joel, Kael, Mel, Mikel, Nagel, Ned, Neely, Ner, Nev, Niaz, Nic, Nick, Nico, Nicol, Niels, Nigel, Niguel, Nijel, Nik, Nikhel, Niki, Niko, Nils, Niven, Njal, Noe, Nuriel, Nye, Nygel, Orel, Oriel, Peel, Rigel, Ruel, Udel, Uriel, Uziel, Videl, Yael and Yoel. These names tend to be more commonly used than Niel.

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