Neil

American  

[neel] / nil /

noun

1. a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”

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Example Sentences

The Eriksons also had a fourth child, Neil, who had Down syndrome and was sent to an institution immediately after birth.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Neil died in 1965, it fell to Kai to phone their parents, who were in Italy, and break the news.

From The Wall Street Journal

"As you say, mention Neil McKenzie, certainly one of my idols."

From Barron's

The number 88 honours his idol and former teammate, South Africa's Neil McKenzie, who donned the 44 shirt.

From Barron's

With a “profound lack of precipitation across all of Southern California,” Neil Lareau, associate professor of atmospheric science at the University of Nevada, Reno, said, “not only are the already dry fuels dry, but the live fuel moistures were very low, so it just supports that very rapid fire growth.”

From Los Angeles Times