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Nigel

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

champion (Latin Nigellus, via Gaelic Niall)

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1970s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nigel peaked in the 1970s.

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