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Wiktionary

  1. Neilnoun

    derived from the given name.

  2. Neilnoun

    A male given name from Irish.

  3. Neilnoun

    A surname derived from the given name.

  4. Etymology: Anglicized form of Niall.

Wikipedia

  1. Neil

    Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion". As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion".

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  1. NEIL

    What does NEIL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NEIL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NEIL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Neil is ranked #3496 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Neil surname appeared 10,228 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Neil.

    80% or 8,192 total occurrences were White.
    13.6% or 1,399 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 255 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 217 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.1% or 118 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 47 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'NEIL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3464

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'NEIL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1847

Anagrams for NEIL »

  1. LEIN

  2. lien

  3. line

  4. Nile

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of NEIL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of NEIL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of NEIL in a Sentence

  1. Glenn Martin:

    I saw 'Lost in Space,' 'Thunderbirds' and the Apollo program when I was young, when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, I knew that anything was possible.

  2. Steve Vladeck:

    Although Justice Thomas argues that District Court will soon have to take up the issue District Court ducked today, I think District Court's telling that none of the other conservative justices -- John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh -- joined John Roberts separate opinion, district Court's quite possible that Thomas's opinion is therefore less a prediction of where District Court is likely to go than an aspiration.

  3. Joe Biden:

    Neil, I miss you man. I miss you.

  4. Graham Nash:

    Having heard the Covid disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend, Neil Young and I am requesting that my solo recordings be removed from the service.

  5. Mallory Quigley:

    We've been engaged in politics to elect a pro-life president, pro-life senators, such that we would create a political environment where we could have Supreme Court justices appointed like Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

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