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Niallán (diminutive) Niall is a male given name of Irish origin. The original meaning of the name is unknown, [1] but popular modern sources have suggested that it means "champion" (derived from the Old Irish word niadh). [2] According to John Ryan, Professor of Early and Medieval History at University College Dublin, Niall "seems to be so ...
Niall James Horan (/ ˈnaɪəl ˈhɔːrən / NY-əl HOR-ən; [1][2] born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor. The group released five albums and went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
The surname O'Neill is an Anglicization of the original Irish Ua Néill, composed of the elements ua, meaning "grandson" or "descendant," and of the Irish name Niall. Niall is a male given name of Irish origin, to mean "champion" (derived from the Old Irish word niadh meaning warrior or champion). [2] The progenitor of the family is said to be ...
Niall Matter (/ ˈnaɪl ˈmeɪtər / NYLE MAY-tər; [2][3] born October 20, 1980) [4] is a Canadian actor. Following recovery from a serious accident sustained while working on an oil rig, Matter chose to pursue a full-time acting career. He received his first significant break in 2007, with a main role in teen drama The Best Years.
Huntley, Mara Justine, Niall Horan, Alexa Wildish, Claudia B., Nini Iris The Playoffs began Tuesday night on season 24 of The Voice when Niall Horan had to whittle his team down from six to three.
Niall Noígíallach (pronounced [ˈn͈ʲiːal͈ n͈oiˈɣʲiːal͈əx]; Old Irish "having nine hostages "), [1] or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries. [2] Historical Irish annalistic and chronicle ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
List of irregularly spelled English names. This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.