Neala?

[Koalafications]

I can't quite decide if I like it or not.

I liked still love Nuala, but I got my arse handed to me when I suggested that name!

Thoughts on Neala?

Pronounced "kneeler"?

If so, then no. Nuala is lovely.

Is it for a girl? Provenance?
Nuala is a contraction of Fionnuala, the fair-shouldered, if that appeals...

I am loving Nella at the moment.

Pronounced nee-la Suburban

I don't like Fionnuala. I like Nuala though

Could you spell it like that, Neela?

Much nicer than Nuala (sorry!) and obvious how to say it.

I think Neela means blue? It may be in Hindi? I knew a mum who called her baby Neela and it was based on her love of blue!

Neala is Irish and means 'female champion'

I'm a fluent Irish speaker and have never heard of or met a Neala, or Nial(l)a which would be the Irish spelling of a feminine variant of Niall.

Obv not saying it's not a name, but it's anglicised and must also be very uncommon.

Link here: www.babynamesofireland.com/neala villainous

I live in Ireland and have never heard of or come across a Neala either.

I quite like Nialla!

I'm not sure - it just reminds me of "neal" with an A on the end.

I've not heard of it before either... Was just looking through Irish girls names and couldn't quite tell if I liked it or not.

I did see that source, Koalafications, and what I thought was sort of inauthentic about it was that it doesn't distinguish between names in the Irish language, anglicised Irish names and a few almost-certainly-made-up names.

I thought this (Wikipedia! blush!) list was a better resource in that it clarifies that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish-language_given_names

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I live in Ireland also, I do know a Neala. Great name.

I've just been having a browse on that site, it's full of names that Americans fondly believe are Irish but Irish people have never heard of. Some of the suggested phonetic pronunciations are wildly off too.

Koala, I really think you should go for Nuala if you love it. It must be due a revival

I met a Neala. She was Irish and a recruitment consultant who got me a job. I quite like it. Think better than Nuala.

What's Simbas girlfriend in the Lion King called - is she not something like Nuala?!!

I like it, was it tbe name of neelix, s girlfriend on voyager ?

I agree, it's not irish. A bit madeuppy perhaps. Like Chardonnai, or Krystal.

Nialla, sounded a bit like nailer... Not sure I'd go there. Neasa is quite nice.

Nuala is lovely, or nala, but I don't like neala, it doesn't mean anything irish anyway.

Nuala is great but I have never heard of Neala.

I always have to correct myself when I see the name Caitlin. I see Kathleen.