Neil (first name)

Neil or Neal is a male given name , derived from the Gaelic name Niall , which means 'master', 'winner', 'fighter', but also 'cloud'.

Name bearer

• Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), American test pilot and astronaut
• Neil Armstrong (born 1932), Canadian ice hockey referee
• Neil Aspinall (1941–2008), British road manager, assistant to the Beatles
• Neil Banfield (born 1962), English football player and coach
• Neil Burger , American director and screenwriter
• Neil Bush (* 1955), son of US President George HW Bush
• Neil Coles (born 1934), English golfer
• Neil Diamond (born 1941), American singer and songwriter
• Neil Etheridge (* 1990), English-Filipino football goalkeeper
• Neil Finn (* 1958), New Zealand rock musician
• Neil Flynn (born 1960), American actor
• Neil Franklin (1922-1996), English football player
• Neil Fraser, known as Mad Professor (* 1955), Jamaican music producer
• Neil Gaiman (* 1960), British author, comic book writer and screenwriter
• Neil Gershenfeld , American physicist and computer scientist
• Neil Giraldo (* 1955), American guitarist and songwriter
• Neil Patrick Harris (* 1973), American actor
• Neil Hodgson (* 1973), British motorcycle racer
• Neil Innes (1944–2019), English musician and composer
• Neil Johnston (1929–1978), American basketball player
• Neil R. Jones (1909–1988), American science fiction writer
• Neil Jordan (born 1950), Irish film director, screenwriter, producer and writer
• Neil Kinnock (born 1942), British politician
• Neil LaBute (born 1963), American director, writer and playwright
• Neil Lennon (born 1971), Northern Irish football player
• Neil Leonard (1927–2012), American author and university professor
• Neil Marshall (born 1970), British director
• Neil McAdam (born 1957), Scottish football player
• Neil Oatley (* 1954), British engineer
• Neil Peart (1952-2020), Canadian lyricist and drummer
• Neil Postman (1931–2003), American media scholar
• Neil Ritchie (1897-1983), British general
• Neil Robertson (* 1982), Australian snooker player
• Neil Sedaka (born 1939), American singer and songwriter
• Neil Shicoff (born 1949), American singer (tenor)
• Neil Smit (* 1960), American businessman
• Neil Asher Silberman (* 1950), American archaeologist
• Neil Simon (1927–2018), American playwright and screenwriter
• Neil J. Smelser (1930–2017), American sociologist
• Neil Strauss , American journalist and author
• Neil Stubenhaus (* 1953), American musician
• Neil Tennant (born 1954), British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
• Neil Walker (born 1976), American swimmer
• Neil Walker (born 1985), American baseball player
• Neil Warnock (born 1948), football coach and player
• Neil Webb (born 1963), English football player
• Neil Young (* 1945), Canadian rock musician

Form Neal

• Neal Adams (* 1941), American comic artist
• Neal Asher (* 1961), British SF author
• Neal Broten (born 1959), American ice hockey player
• Neal Cassady (1926–1968), American beatnik
• Neal Eardley (born 1988), Welsh football player
• Neal Foulds (born 1963), English snooker player
• Neal Fredericks (1969-2004), American cameraman and producer
• Neal Hefti (1922–2008), American jazz musician
• Neal Jones (born 1922), American country musician
• Neal Katyal (* 1970), American lawyer
• Neal Kirkwood (* ≈1955), American jazz musician
• Neal Koblitz (* 1948), American mathematician
• Neal McCoy (born 1963), American country singer
• Neal McDonough (born 1966), American actor
• Neal Miner (* 1970), American jazz musician
• Neal H. Moritz (* 1959), American film producer
• Neal Morse (* 1960), American rock musician
• Neal R. Norrick (* 1948), American linguist
• Neal Purvis (born 1961), American screenwriter
• Neal Schon (* 1954), American guitarist
• Neal Edward Smith (* 1920), American politician
• Neal Stephenson (born 1959), American science fiction author
• Neal Ulevich (* 1948), American photographer and war correspondent
• Neal S. Wolin , American lawyer and politician

See also

• Nigel
• Nelson (family name) , family name derived from Neil in patronymic formation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neil at www.behindthename.com (English)