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neal Name Meaning and History

  1. English, Scottish, and Irish: from an Anglo-Scandinavian form of the Gaelic name Niall (see Neill). This was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form Njal and was introduced into northern England and East Anglia by them, rather than being taken directly from Gaelic. It was reinforced after the Norman Conquest by the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English forms Neel, Nihel, and Nigel, which were brought to England by the Normans.
  2. Scottish and Irish: reduced form of McNeal (see McNeil).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of neal Families in the US in 1920
Number of neal families
 363-724
 122-362		 1-121
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FRANKIE LEWIS KAMERY WIFE PAULINE GLAYDES (NEAL) KAMERY sparklineyes1 2
Henry Newton Neal (1894-1979) Atranscriber 0
Ruby Porter Neal (1895-1965 Atranscriber 0
Daeth of Mr. Carl J. Neal in India davwayell 0
Thomas J Neal (O'Neal) mhallett144 0
Hugh Karney Neal-Jefferson/Indiana Co PA Toni Hess 4
Neal/Neil/Naill of Knox County, TN KING2BE 0
Irene Bernadette NEAL Whitehead b. May 29, 1912 meghankelley_1 0
looking for birth father richard neal 1
Neals in Georgia, Carolinas, Texas Murray T. Neal 13
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