O'Neill
UK/əʊˈniːl/US/oʊˈnil/
O'Neill proper noun: a surname from Irish.
Proper noun
O'Neill
- A surname from Irish.
- A city, the county seat of Holt County, Nebraska, United States.
Origin of O'Neill
Anglicisation of an Irish surname meaning "descendant of Niall".
Words formed from O'Neill
Phrases with O'Neill
Words that rhyme with O'Neill
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- keel
- anneal
- creel
- peal
- peel
- sweal
- congeal
- Izmail
- kneel
- meal
- Neale
- streal
- weal
- awheel
- Castile
- cochineal
- feal
- heal
- Lille
- ordeal
- repeal
- sele
- squeal
- teal
- zeal
- ceil
- debile
- dishabille
- hele
- leal
- lifesteal
- Neil
- Niel
- reveal
- schlemiel
- seel
- she'll
- shiel
- skeel
- spiel
- square meal
- unseal
- veal
- we'll
- weel
- ye'll
- -meal
- allele
Questions about O'Neill
- What does O'Neill mean?
- O'Neill means a surname from Irish.
- What part of speech is O'Neill?
- O'Neill is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce O'Neill?
- O'Neill is pronounced /əʊˈniːl/ (UK).
Words near O'Neill in the dictionary
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