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Nigel

Pronounced /ˈnaɪd͡ʒəl/

Rank in 2024
#2,189
Born in 2024
66
Peak year
1994 · #477
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 66 boys were named Nigel, about 1 in every 25,990.
  • It peaked in 1994 with 447 babies, ranked #477.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1929.
  • 12,211 boys have been named Nigel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Nigel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 322 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,447 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,470 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,539 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,408 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

English form of Latin Nigellus, from nigellus (“slightly black”), diminutive of niger (“black”), used in the Middle Ages to Latinize Norman Néel and Old Irish Níall, from which the former is derived via Old Norse Njáll. Compare Neil.

  • A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈnaɪd͡ʒəl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Nigel, CC BY-SA 4.0.