Niall
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and niadh (“champion”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd- (“to revile”).[1] Doublet of Neil.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Niall
- A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “niadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and niadh (“champion”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Niall m (genitive Néill)
- a male given name from Old Irish
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Niall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and niadh (“champion”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Niall m (genitive Nèill, vocative a Nèill)
- a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Neil
Derived terms edit
- MacNèill (“McNeil”)
- Niall gun chiall (“gormless person”)