Neal

Neal (Neil) is a surname and a masculine given name of Gaelic origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Gaelic name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", or "champion". As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neal in the context of a surname as meaning champion.
Surname
Adam Neal, English rugby league player
Alice B. Neal, American writer
Arthur Neal (footballer)
Blaine Neal (born 1978), American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster), American sports broadcaster
Charles Lincoln 'Link' Neal (see Rhett and Link) American internet personality
Charlie Neal, American baseball player
Chris Neal, English football goalkeeper
Daniel Neal, British historian
David Dalhoff Neal, American artist, father of Max Neal
Diane Neal, American actress
Dylan Neal, Canadian actor
Edwin Neal, American actor
Elise Neal, American actress
Eric Neal, Australian businessman
Gary Neal, American basketball player
Jackie Neal, American blues singer
James Neal
Jeff Neal, American drummer
John Neal
Joseph Neal (1950-2017), American politician
Kenny Neal, American blues musician
Larry Neal, American author
Lorenzo Neal, American football player
Matt Neal, British racing driver
Max Neal (1865–1941), German playwright, son of David Dalhoff Neal
Patricia Neal (1926-2010), Academy Award winning American actress
Patricia Neal (known as Fannie Flagg) (born 1944), American novelist and actress
Phil Neal, English footballer
Philip Neal, New York City Ballet principal dancer
Raful Neal, American blues singer
Richard Neal, Democratic Representative representing Massachusetts' 2nd congressional district
Scott Neal, British actor
Shay Neal (born 1990), New Zealand field hockey player
Stephen Neal, American football player
Stephen L. Neal (born 1934), former North Carolina Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995).
Tom Neal (1914–1972), American actor
Ty Neal, American college baseball coach
William Neal (born 1947), English painter and graphic designer
Given name
Neal Ardley, Manager of AFC Wimbledon
Neal Morse, American singer and multi-instrumentalist
Neal Brennan, American writer, stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer
Neal Cassady, American, Beatnick, basis for Jack Kerouac novels and the character Dean Moriarty, friend of the Grateful Dead and legend
Neal Marlens, Television producer, creator of The Wonder Years
Neal Shapiro (born 1945), American equestrian and Olympic medalist
Neal Stephenson, American writer
Neal Walk, American, National Basketball Association center
Places
Neal, Kansas, a community in the United States
Neal, West Virginia

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1530s, shortened form of anneal. Related: Nealed; nealing.

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Variant of Neil: champion, cloud.

Nigel, Neil, Niall

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Neal McDonough	1966	Actor
2	Patricia Neal	1926	American stage and film actress
3	Neal Schon	1954	American musician
4	Diane Neal	1976	American actress
5	Neal Brennan	1973	American writer, comedian, director, and producer
6	Neal Cassady	1926	American cultural figure of 1950s and 1960s
7	Neal Stephenson	1959	American science fiction writer
8	Elise Neal	1966	American actress
9	Neal Caffrey	1977
10	Neal H. Moritz	1959	American film producer
11	Dylan Neal	1969	Actor
12	Robert Wade	1962	American screenwriter
13	Neal McCoy	1958	American country singer
14	James Neal	1987	Canadian ice hockey player
15	Neal Morse	1960	American multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer
16	Neal Adams	1941	American comic book and commercial artist
17	Neal Katyal	1970	American lawyer
18	Gary Neal	1984	American basketball player
19	Neal Doughty	1946	American musician
20	Neal Asher	1961	British science fiction author
21	Edwin Neal	1945	American actor
22	Keanu Neal	1995	American American football player
23	Lorenzo Neal	1970	American football player, fullback
24	Phil Neal	1951	English footballer
25	Tom Neal	1914	Actor
26	Neal Shusterman	1962	American novelist
27	Scott Neal	1978	British actor
28	Neal Huff		American actor
29	Neal D. Barnard	1953	American physician, author, and clinical researcher
30	Neal S. Dow	1804	American Prohibition advocate and politician
31	Neal Bledsoe	1981	Actor
32	Neal E. Boyd	1975	American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent
33	Neal Broten	1959	American ice hockey player
34	Neal Boortz	1945	American author, journalist, and radio host
35	Neal Casal	1968	American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer
36	Neal Falls	1969
37	Neal Hefti	1922	American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger
38	Neal Gabler	1950	American journalist
39	Neal Smith	1947	American rock drummer
40	Neal Creighton, Sr.	1930	American general
41	Neal Ardley	1972	Footballer
42	Jeff Neal	1969	American musician
43	Richard Neal	1949	American politician
44	Neal Bishop	1981	English footballer
45	Neal Jones	1960	American actor
46	Fred Neal	1942	American basketball player
47	Jesse Neal	1980	Professional wrestler
48	Neal Patterson	1949	American businessman
49	Lia Neal	1995	American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion
50	Neal Dahlen		American football executive
51	Mike Neal	1987	American football player
52	Neal Maupay	1996	French footballer
53	Neal E. Miller	1909	American psychologist & academic
54	Neal Foulds	1963	British snooker player
55	Neal A. Maxwell	1926	Mormon leader
56	Neal S. Wolin	1961	Deputy Decretary of the Treasury
57	Neal Walk	1948	American basketball player, center
58	Neal Shapiro	1958	American television executive
59	Neal Brown	1980	American football player and coach
60	Neal Eardley	1988	Footballer
61	Craig Neal	1964	American basketball player-coach
62	Matt Neal	1966	British racing driver
63	Neal Edward Smith	1920	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
64	Neal Anderson	1964	American football player, running back
65	Neal Israel	1956	Actor, screenwriter, film and television producer, film and television director
66	Neal Ascherson	1932	Scottish journalist
67	Neal Skupski	1989	British tennis player
68	Neal Baer		American screenwriter
69	Neal Cotts	1980	American baseball player
70	Neal Huntington	1969	American baseball executive, born 1969
71	Neal Conan	1949	American journalist
72	Rajion Neal	1992	American football player
73	Neal Avron	1969	American musician and record producer
74	Claude Neal		Lynched African American farmhand
75	Neal Marlens		American television producer and writer
76	Neal Acree	1974	American music composer
77	Lewis Neal	1981	Not Good
78	Neal Dunn	1953	American surgeon and politician from the state of Florida
79	Neal Sterling	1992
80	Neal Koblitz	1948	Mathematician, cryptographer
81	Neal Watlington	1922	American baseball player
82	Neal Pollack	1970	American writer
83	Neal Blue	1935	American aviation executive
84	Neal Tiemann	1982	American musician
85	Dan Neal	1949	American football player
86	Kenny Neal	1957	American blues guitarist and singer
87	Jackie Neal	1967	American musician
88	Mark Anthony Neal		American academic
89	Neal Scanlan	1961	Visual Effects Artist
90	Neal Francis Lane	1938	American physicist
91	Neal Morgan	1979	Drummer
92	Neal Heaton	1960	American baseball player
93	Lloyd Neal	1950	American professional basketball player born in Talbotton, Georgia
94	Siri Neal	1972	British actress
95	Noa Neal	1985	Belgian singer
96	Neal X	1960	British musician
97	Charlie Neal	1931	American baseball player
98	Neal Jimenez	1960	Screenwriter and film director
99	Richard I. Neal	1942	Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
100	John Neal	1932	English footballer and manager
101	Belinda Neal	1963	Australian politician
102	Neal Blaisdell	1902	Mayor of Honolulu from 1955 to 1969 and member of the Hawaii Republican Party
103	Neal Chase	1966	American Baha'i leader
104	Neal Colzie	1953	Player of American football
105	Harold Neal	1897	British politician
106	Neal Blewett	1933	Australian politician
107	Neal Kay	2000	British DJ
108	Neal Horsley	1944	Militant anti-abortion activist and Christian Reconstructionist
109	Homer Neal	1942	American physicist
110	Neal Beidleman
111	Dave Neal		American sportscaster
112	James F. Neal	1929	American trial lawyer
113	Neal Trotman	1987	English footballer
114	Neal Smatresk	1951	President of the University of Nevada
115	David Neal	1932	British actor
116	Neal Lawson	1963	British writer and politician
117	Neal Fredericks	1969	American cinematographer
118	Neal Olkewicz	1957	American football player
119	Neal Pozner	1955	Writer
120	Neal Bascomb	1971	American journalist and author
121	William Neal	1947	Painter
122	Neal Foster	1972	American politician
123	Larry Neal	1937
124	Neal Ulevich	1946	American photographer
125	Neal C. Wilson	1920	President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
126	Eric Neal	1924	Australian engineer, Governor of South Australia
127	Neal Ball	1881	American baseball player
128	Ashley Neal	1974	English footballer
129	Thomas Neal	1987	American baseball player
130	Anne D. Neal		American lawyer
131	Carthew Neal		New Zealand television producer
132	Stephen L. Neal	1934	American politician
133	Raful Neal	1936	American blues singer, harmonicist and songwriter
134	Neal Arden	1909	English actor and writer
135	Joseph Neal	1950
136	Neal Amundson	1916	American chemical engineer
137	Blaine Neal	1978	Baseball player
138	Neal Lancaster	1962	American professional golfer
139	Radford M. Neal	1956
140	Neal Knox	1935	American activist
141	David Dalhoff Neal	1838	American artist
142	Neal Pogue		Audio Engineer, producer
143	Zach Neal	1988	American professional baseball pitcher
144	Neal Hatley	1969	English rugby union player
145	Neal Zaslaw	1939	American musicologist
146	Neal Radford	1957	Cricket player of England.
147	Neal Coty		American musician
148	Neal Karlinsky	1968
149	Neal Bates	1965	Australian racing driver
150	Leon Neal	1972
151	Daniel Neal	1678	British historian
152	Neal Edelstein		American film producer
153	Neal B. Freeman	1940
154	Mary Neal	1860	British suffragist
155	Griffin Neal
156	Neal Ashkanasy	1945	Management professor
157	Neal Karlen		Writer
158	Neal W. Pollock
159	Neal Moser		American luthier
160	Neal Wood	1922	American political historian
161	Steve Neal	1949	American historian
162	Gerald Neal	1945	American politician
163	Neal Creighton	1965	American entrepreneur; co-founders who launched of GeoTrust.
164	Neal Hughes	1980	Canadian football player
165	Neal Pattman	1926	American electric blues harmonica player and singer
166	Neal Preston	1952	American photographer
167	Neal Slavin	1941	Photographer, author, film and television director
168	Neal Hallford	1966	American game designer, author, screenwriter, and film director
169	Neal Hendel	1952	Israeli judge
170	Neal Creque	1940	American musician
171	Micah Neal	1974	American politician
172	Neal Purvis	1961	American screenwriter and writer
173	Frankie Neal	1965	American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver
174	Ed Neal	1918	American football player
175	Neal Marshad	1952	American film director and producer
176	Neal Asbury	1957	American entrepreneur and businessman
177	Neal Black
178	Neal McCaleb	1935	American politician
179	Neal Sher		American lawyer
180	Roy Neal	1921	NBC Newscaster
181	Philip Neal		American ballet dancer
182	Neal Rubin	1955	American journalist
183	Will E. Neal	1875	American politician
184	Neal Hendrix	1973	American skateboarder
185	Neal Hart	1870	Actor
186	Chris Neal		Australian composer
187	Neal Steinhauer	1944	American shot putter
188	Max Neal	1865	German playwright
189	Neal Buckon	1953	American Roman Catholic bishop
190	Adam Neal	1990	English rugby league footballer
191	Neal Porter		American children's book editor
192	Neal Guggemos	1964	American football player
193	Kelly Neal	1967	American actor
194	Neal Pilson	1940	American television executive
195	Henry S. Neal	1828	American politician
196	Neal Fort	1968	Player of American and Canadian football
197	Lawrence T. Neal	1844	American politician
198	Joe Neal	1935	American politician
199	Neal Finn	1904	New Zealand recording artist and member of Crowded House
200	Neal King	1947	Former president of Antioch University Los Angeles and Sofia University/The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology