Neal
NEEL
Irish
"champion or cloud"Share
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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.
# 951 in the US
Neal Rank in US Top 1000
Neal Popularity
- 737Unique2023
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Famous People Named Neal
- Neal McDonoughAmerican actor
- Neal Leon CassadyAmerican Beat figure, inspiration for "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
- Neal AdamsAmerican comic book artist
- Neal Eugene WalkAmerican basketball player
- Neal George Joseph SchonAmerican guitarist of bands Journey and Bad English
- Neal HeftiAmerican jazz trumpeter
- Neal MorseAmerican progressive rock musician
- Neal McCoy (born Hubert Neal McGaugheyJr.), American country music singer
- Neal Town StephensonAmerican novelist
- Neal Elgar MillerAmerican experimental psychologist
- Neal Carterson of American rapper Lil Wayne
- Neal PertDrummer and main songwriter for the Canadian rock band Rush
- Christopher Neal JacksonAmerican actor, singer, musician, and composer
Neal in Pop Culture
- Neal Caffreymain character on "White Collar"
- Neal BurkePeter and Elizabeth's son (named after Caffrey) on "White Collar"
- Neal Cassidy aka Baelfirecharacter on "Once Upon a Time"
- Neal Scottcharacter from "This Golden Land" by Barbara Wood
- Nealan "Neal" of Queenscovecharacter from the Tortall series by Tamora Pierce