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Name Neal

Meaning:

maybe champion

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About the name Neal in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Nea, Neel, Neil, Nell, Njal Details

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About Neil, the group of names with the same origin as Neal

Meaning/translation:	maybe champion
Language of origin:	Old Irish
Info about origin:	from the Gaelic name Niall with a disputed meaning, maybe champion
Words:	niall = the champion Old Irish
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	22:Neil England+Wales 1974, 23:Nigel England+Wales 1964, 36:Niall Ireland 1999, 363:Neal USA 1980-1989
Somehow related to:	Nelson
Old/original forms:	Nigellus Latinized
Name variants:	Neal, Neil, Niall, Nigel, Njal Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Neal

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 567, 1980-1989 363
USA yearly	Graph	2002 951, 2001 910, 2000 887, 1999 825, 1998 766, 1997 665, 1996 639, 1995 647, 1994 612, 1993 520