Nyal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NYE-al
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Nyal is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nyal mean?
Irish: spelling of Nyall, itself a variant spelling of Niall
Variant of Niall, borne by the legendary Irish high king Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Meaning borrowed from Nyall.
Is Nyal a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Nyal, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Nyal than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nyal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Nyal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
Names like Nyal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nirvair, Navraj, Nirvaan, Nivaan, Odhran, Aarav, Shivansh, Nihal, Krishiv, Vihaan, Avyaan, Gurbaaz
Names related to Nyal
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nyal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyal, updated 20 October 2026.