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What does Niel mean?
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(male)
(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)
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.
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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