Message: "Neil/Niall + Laise"

Neil/Niall + Laise

by Immovable

3/22/2009, 11:49 PM

Neil: Its derivation is disputed, and it may mean “cloud”, “passionate”, or perhaps “champion”.

I accept that, and what I would like to know is how each alleged meaning was derived. Do you have any idea what the roots might be?

I'd also like to know if Neil and Niall are pronounced the same, or if Niall is pronounced more phonetically (Knee, with stress on the All).

ETA: I would like to know the correct pronunciation and meaning for the name Laise. I've only been able to find it on one site, so I'm not comfortable with accepting what it says just yet:

Means: Flame
Pronounced: Lash Uh

Thanks!

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This message was edited 3/23/2009, 12:51 AM

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- Speranza +1

3/23/2009, 2:56 AM

Niall is usually pronounced Nile, as opposed to Neel, though I do have one friend who is Niall, prn Neel. I live in Ireland by the way.

ETA Is Laise Irish as well? I have never heard it. The Irish for flame is lasair. I have seen Lasara and Lasair for a girl and of course there is Lasairfhiona(Lass-ar-eena), meaning flame of wine, none of which are common.

There is a word lasadh which might be linked to Laise http://www.irishdictionary.ie/dictionary?language=irish&word=lasadh. Doesn't mean it's a legit name though.

This message was edited 3/23/2009, 3:42 AM

- Immovable

3/23/2009, 6:29 PM

Laise is supposed to be Scots Gaelic, according to a list on NameGeeks (a site I've never used before yesterday, which is why I was looking for verification on it).

Thanks for the pronunciation. You wouldn't happen to know if the Scandinavian spelling (Njal) was pronounced the same way, would you? =)

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