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Neil is a Baby Boy Name

Find out the meaning behind the name Neil.

The name Neil is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "cloud". Always the top spelling of the name; Neil peaked in the 1950s, but then enjoyed a second coming following the fame of such Neils as astronaut Armstrong and singers Sedaka, Diamond, and Young. Now semiretired.

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