Niall

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]

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪəl/, /niːl/
• Rhymes: -aɪəl, -iːl

Niall

1. A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.

• Neal
• Neil
• McNeil, McNeill "son of Niall"

• Llani, all in, all-in, in all, nilla

From Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and niadh (“champion”).

• IPA^(key): [n̠ʲiəl̪ˠ]

Niall m (genitive Néill)

1. a male given name from Old Irish

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Niall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN