Neal

NEEL

Irish

"champion or cloud"

Neal Origin and Meaning

The name Neal is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "champion or cloud".

Always the less common spelling of Irish classic Neil, Neal has been on a fifty-year slide, and now doesn't even make the Top 1000. It has a streamlined, surnamey appeal in this spelling.

Neal Rank in US Top 1000

# 951 in the US

Neal Popularity

• 1256 Nameberry 2024
• 611 Unique 2022

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Famous People Named Neal

• Neal McDonough American actor
• Neal Leon Cassady American Beat figure, inspiration for "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
• Neal Adams American comic book artist
• Neal Eugene Walk American basketball player
• Neal George Joseph Schon American guitarist of bands Journey and Bad English
• Neal Hefti American jazz trumpeter
• Neal Morse American progressive rock musician
• Neal McCoy (born Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr.), American country music singer
• Neal Town Stephenson American novelist
• Neal Elgar Miller American experimental psychologist
• Neal Carter son of American rapper Lil Wayne
• Neal Pert Drummer and main songwriter for the Canadian rock band Rush
• Christopher Neal Jackson American actor, singer, musician, and composer

Neal in Pop Culture

• Neal Caffrey main character on "White Collar"
• Neal Burke Peter and Elizabeth's son (named after Caffrey) on "White Collar"
• Neal Cassidy aka Baelfire character on "Once Upon a Time"
• Neal Scott character from "This Golden Land" by Barbara Wood
• Nealan "Neal" of Queenscove character from the Tortall series by Tamora Pierce