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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English, French : From the manor; kernel

Boy name variations

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English and Irish : variant of Neville.
  • English : variant of Noel.
  • Irish (north County Kildare) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail ‘descendant of Tnúthgal’, a personal name composed of the elements tnúth ‘desire’, ‘envy’ + gal ‘valor’.

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