Name: Nigel

Gender: Male

Usage: Nigel, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Nigel are in general originating from France, Ireland, Malta, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Nigel is: Champion, Ahead.

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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone

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The name Nigel is ranked on the 951st position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 567300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.008% of the population. The name Nigel has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

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Nigel /ˈnaɪdʒəl/ is an English masculine given name. The name is derived from the Latin Nigellus. This Latin word would seem to derive from the Latin niger, meaning "black"; however this is thought to be an example of an incorrect etymology created by French speaking clerics, who knew Latin as well, to translate the Norman first name Neel in the Latin written documents. Indeed, the Latin word nigellus gave birth to Old French neel (modern nielle), meaning "black enamel" (same word as niello) and it explains the confusion, because the clerics believed it was the same etymology as the first name Neel, spelled the same way.

In fact, the Old Norman first name Neel (modern surname Néel) derives itself from the Norse Njáll. The Norse Njáll, in turn, is derived from the Gaelic Niall. The English Nigel is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages, however it was not used much before being revived by 19th century antiquarians, such as Sir Walter Scott who published The Fortunes of Nigel in 1822. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published Sir Nigel in 1905/06. Nigel was a common name for boys born in England and Wales during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s (see below).

Nigel has never been as common in other countries, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it being the 478th most common boys name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher.

In Australian English it is a colloquial term for a male social misfit or a person without friends, originating from the name being unusual in the 1980s and alliterating with "no-friends".


English: Anglicized form of the medieval name Nigellus, a Latinized version (ostensibly representing a diminutive of Latin niger black) of the vernacular Ni(h)el, i.e. Neil. Although it is frequently found in medieval records, this form was probably not used in everyday life before its revival by antiquarians such as Sir Walter Scott in the 19th century.
Feminine: Nigella.

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