# Niel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /niːl/ · frequency rank #58,237

## Definitions
1. A town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.
2. A surname from French.

## Etymology
# (town): Borrowed from Dutch Niel.
# (surname): Borrowed from French Niel.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/niel