English
Neil
Neil comes from Irish Niall, and goes back to Old Irish Níall.
- Old Irishc. 600–900Níallearlier origin unknown
- Irishc. 1200–presentNiall
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Neil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Irishc. 600–900Níallearlier origin unknown
- Irishc. 1200–presentNiall
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Neil
Earliest quotation: 2017, Steven Waldman, Learning to Love the Nuclear Option: “So now that the Republicans have used the nuclear…”
The story
Anglicized form of Goidelic/Irish Niall.
Every English word from Old Irish Níall
Today it means
name A male given name from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Irish Níall / Neil