Given name · also Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Njál
“cloud”·“champion”
Njál is a masculine given name, possibly from Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Old Irish. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Njál is possibly built from elements meaning “cloud” and “champion”.
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Where it comes from
Njál possibly comes from Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Old Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Njál developed from the Old Irish form Níall.
Njál’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Njál developed from the Old Irish form Níall. In Faroese usage, Njál has a conventional equivalent in the Icelandic form Njáll.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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