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Niall
Pronounced /ˈnaɪəl/
Rank in 2024
#1,578
Born in 2024
109
Peak year
2024 · #1578
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 109 boys were named Niall, about 1 in every 15,737.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1955.
- 1,995 boys have been named Niall since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Niall per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 138 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 366 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 519 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 906 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Irish Niall or Scottish Gaelic Niall, ultimately from Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and nïa (“champion”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd- (“to revile”). Doublet of Neil.
- A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈnaɪəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Niall, CC BY-SA 4.0.