_Neachtan._ _Neać_, a man; _tain_, of the country. A man of the country;
a countryman; a farmer. Naughten, corrupted form of the name.
_Nee._ _Ni_, or _niǵ_, pronounced _nee_, _neegh_, _neey_, a daughter.
_Neeley._ _Niall_, Neill, genitive _Neill_, of Neill; _y_ for _neać_, an
individual. Child of Neill. Sometimes written Neely.
_Neilan._ _Neill_, of Neill; _an_, denoting personality. One of the
family of Neill. Neelan and Neelen are the same. Neelans, the son of
Neelan, the final _s_ being a contraction of _sun_, Anglo-Saxon of son.
_Neill._ _Niall_, from _ni_, a daughter; _aille_, genitive of _aill_, a
cliff. Daughter of the cliff. Neill, Neille, Niell, Nille, Neal, Neel,
Newill, Nihill, a few of the many forms of the name.
_Neilson._ _Neill_, of Neill; Anglo-Saxon _sun_, son. The son of Neill.
Nelson, of like derivation and import.
_Nesbit._ _Nees_, son of Nee; _bit́_, life. Life of Nees; life of the son
of Nee; life of the son of a daughter. Sometimes written Nesbitt.
_Ney._ _Neać_, pronounced _neay_, a man. More probably from _niǵ_, a
daughter.
_Nicoll._ _Neać_, occasionally pronounced _neach_, a man; _aille_,
genitive of _all_, a cliff. The man of the cliff. Nicol is similarly
derived.
_Noell._ _Neul_, pronounced _na-il_, a cloud. Noel, Nowel, Newell,
cognate forms.
_Nolan._ _Noell_, from _neul_, a cloud, and _an_, implying person. Son of
Noell; son of the cloud. Nolen, a less common form of the name.
_Noon._ _Noin_, pronounced like _oi_ in _toil_, noon. Noone, Nune, are
forms of the same.
_Noonan._ _Noinean_, a daisy, from _noin_, day, noon. Like the Saxon term
daisy—day’s eye—derived from day.