What does the name Neiyal mean?

Neiyal means "A fish, the silver fish". It is a boy's name of Tamil origin.

Neiyal

Neiyal means A fish, the silver fish.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “A fish, the silver fish”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Meenakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed Goddess, Goddess Parvati; Fish-eyed goddess, form of Parvati; Fish-eyed, Goddess Parvati
Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi
Meena — Fish, a star, precious stone
Kayalvizhi — Fish-shaped eyes, beautiful eyes
Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
Reema — White antelope; silver

More boys' names of Tamil origin

Kavi — Poet
Tharun — Young, tender
Aadhi — Beginning, the first
Iniyan — Sweet person
Saravanan — Born in the reed forest, Murugan
Vetri — Victory

Where this comes from

Neiyal has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.