Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.

Etymologies

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Irish or Scottish, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél "cloud" and niadh "champion".

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Examples

  • What a brick Niall is to travel here through all that snow, thank heavens the gritter lorries were out.

    52 entries from February 2007 2007

  • What a brick Niall is to travel here through all that snow, thank heavens the gritter lorries were out.

    dovegreyreader asks Niall Williams 2007

  • What a brick Niall is to travel here through all that snow, thank heavens the gritter lorries were out.

    dovegreyreader asks Niall Williams 2007

  • Nice work Tara if Niall is right (Om says its still a rumour - "I am putting this in highly rumored and unconfirmed category."

    Google Auto-Recognises Riya : M+A Rumours Ben Barren 2005

  • Nice work Tara if Niall is right (Om says its still a rumour - "I am putting this in highly rumored and unconfirmed category."

    Archive 2005-11-01 Ben Barren 2005

  • It seems I'm probably descended from a peculiarly fecund fourth-century Irish king called Niall of the Nine Hostages and a slightly more unusual Mesopotamian Neolithic matriarch.

    Your Genes in an Envelope? More, Please Matt Ridley 2011

  • It was one thing to think you shared a genetic marker with Niall Noigiallach, aka Niall of the Nine Hostages d.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • It was one thing to think you shared a genetic marker with Niall Noigiallach, aka Niall of the Nine Hostages d.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • He's a fifth century king known as Niall of the Nine Hostages.

    CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2006 2006

  • COSTELLO: He's known as Niall of the Nine Hostages.

    CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2006 2006

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