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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Gaelic: Champion
  2. Irish: Champion
  3. Greek: Victorious people
  4. English: Smooth

First name variations: Neil, Neill, Nial, Niall, Neale, Neel, Niels, Niel, Nels, Nils, O'Neill, Neely, Neal, Neal, Neale, Neall, Nealle, Nealon, Neile, Neill, Neils, Nels, Nial, Niall, Nialle, Niel, Niels, Nigel, Nilo, Neil, Nicolas, Nikolas, Nikolie, Niko, Nikolaus, Nicklaus, Nicola, Nick, Nicky, Nikki, Nikita, Nickita, Nikos, Nikolai, Nikola, Nicholai, Nicanor, Nikos, Nicos, Nichol, Nichols, Nicolson, Nicol, Nicolo, Nikolos, Nicko, Nicodemus, Nils, Nixon, Cole, Colin, Colet, Claus, Klaus, Klas, Klaas, Miklós, Nicholas, Ni, Niley, Nyles, Nyley, Nile

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: perhaps a patronymic from the medieval personal name Nel or Neal (see Nelson).
  2. Possibly a variant of German Neils, a derivative of the personal name Cornelius.
  3. John Niles from England was known to have been in Dorchester, MA, as early as 1634 before putting down roots in Braintree, MA, where his grandson Samuel was a Congregational clergyman for many years.