Gender:
Origin:
Gaelic
640 famous people named Nigel found on Wikipedia.
11711 male, 85 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1416-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
478-th in year 1994
Used in: English
A male given name, form of Neil.
Nigel is an English masculine given name.
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. For instance, Sir Walter Scott published The Fortunes of Nigel in 1822, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published Sir Nigel in 1905–06. Nigel was a common name for boys born in England and Wales from the 1950s to the 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 was 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 friendless person, originating from the name being unusual in the 1980s and alliterating with "no-friends" (both start with n).
Masc. proper name; see Neil.
From the Irish and Scottish Niall: champion.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Nigel Farage | 1964 | British politician and former commodity broker |
2 | Nigel Benn | 1964 | British boxer |
3 | Nigel Havers | 1951 | British actor |
4 | Nigel Mansell | 1953 | British racing driver |
5 | Nigel Pearson | 1963 | English footballer and manager |
6 | Nigel Hawthorne | 1929 | British actor |
7 | Nigel de Jong | 1984 | Dutch footballer |
8 | Nigel Slater | 1958 | English food writer, journalist and broadcaster |
9 | Nigel Lawson | 1932 | British Conservative politician and journalist |
10 | Nigel Clough | 1966 | Footballer and manager |
11 | Nigel Lythgoe | 1949 | Executive producer and television director |
12 | Nigel McGuinness | 1976 | Professional wrestler |
13 | Nigel Owens | 1971 | Welsh rugby union referee |
14 | Nigel Godrich | 1971 | English record producer and sound engineer |
15 | Nigel Barker | 1972 | British photographer, model, author and filmmaker |
16 | Nigel Planer | 1953 | English actor, comedian and writer |
17 | Nigel Reo-Coker | 1984 | English footballer |
18 | Nigel Sears | 1957 | British tennis coach |
19 | Nigel Bruce | 1895 | British actor |
20 | Nigel Kennedy | 1956 | British-born violinist and violist |
21 | Nigel Terry | 1945 | English actor |
22 | Nigel Davenport | 1928 | English actor |
23 | Nigel Adkins | 1965 | English footballer and manager |
24 | Nigel Olsson | 1949 | British musician |
25 | Nigel Green | 1924 | 1924-1972 British actor |
26 | Nigel Williams-Goss | 1994 | American basketball player |
27 | Nigel Lindsay | 1969 | British actor |
28 | Nigel Harman | 1973 | British actor |
29 | Nigel Evans | 1957 | British politician |
30 | Nigel Tufnel | Fictional musician | |
31 | Nigel Hayes | 1994 | American basketball player |
32 | Nigel Short | 1965 | British chess player and writer |
33 | Nigel Martyn | 1966 | English footballer |
34 | Nigel Winterburn | 1963 | English footballer |
35 | Nigel Marven | 1960 | British television presenter |
36 | Nigel S. Wright | 1963 | Chief of Staff of the Canadian Prime Minister |
37 | Nigel Dodds | 1958 | British politician |
38 | Nigel Betts | British actor | |
39 | Nigel Gresley | 1876 | British engineer |
40 | Nigel Hasselbaink | 1990 | Dutch professional footballer |
41 | Nigel Kneale | 1922 | Film and television screenwriter |
42 | Nigel Bradham | 1989 | American football linebacker |
43 | Nigel Patrick | 1912 | British actor and director |
44 | Nigel Dawes | 1985 | Canadian ice hockey player |
45 | Nigel Whitmey | 1963 | British actor |
46 | Nigel Bennett | 1949 | British actor |
47 | Nigel Harrison | 1951 | British musician |
48 | Nigel Quashie | 1978 | Footballer |
49 | Nigel Worthington | 1961 | Northern Irish professional footballer and manager |
50 | Nigel Dempster | 1941 | British writer |
51 | Nigel Nicolson | 1917 | British politician and writer |
52 | Nigel Bond | 1965 | British snooker player |
53 | Nigel Dick | 1953 | British musician and film director |
54 | Nigel Pulsford | 1963 | British musician |
55 | Nigel Powers | Character in Austin Powers films | |
56 | Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester | 1941 | Marquess of Winchester |
57 | Nigel Brennan | 1972 | Australian photographer |
58 | Nigel Spackman | 1960 | English footballer and manager |
59 | Nigel Sylvester | 1987 | American bicycle motocross rider, Bmx |
60 | Nigel Martin-Smith | British band manager | |
61 | Nigel Spink | 1958 | Association football player from England |
62 | Nigel Llong | 1969 | Cricket umpire |
63 | Nigel Scullion | 1956 | Australian politician |
64 | Nigel Thrift | 1949 | British human geographer |
65 | Nigel Miguel | 1963 | Belizean-American actor and film producer |
66 | Nigel Warburton | 1962 | British author and lecturer |
67 | Nigel Cole | 1959 | British film director |
68 | Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham | 1948 | Baron Jones of Cheltenham |
69 | Nigel Doughty | 1957 | Venture capitalist |
70 | Nigel Popplewell | 1957 | English cricketer |
71 | Nigel Adams | 1966 | British politician |
72 | Nigel Morris | English businessman | |
73 | Nigel Bates | ||
74 | Nigel Atangana | 1989 | French footballer |
75 | Nigel Hamilton | 1944 | British writer, academic and broadcaster |
76 | Nigel Preston | 1959 | British musician |
77 | Nigel Tranter | 1909 | Writer |
78 | Nigel Pivaro | 1959 | British actor and journalist |
79 | Nigel Shadbolt | 1956 | Prinicipal of Jesus College, Oxford; Professor of Computer Science; Chairman of the Open Data Institute |
80 | Nigel Stepney | 1958 | British Formula One mechanic |
81 | Nigel Buxton | 1924 | British travel writer |
82 | Nigel Walley | 1941 | English musician |
83 | Nigel Hitchin | 1946 | British mathematician |
84 | Nigel Sheinwald | 1953 | British diplomat |
85 | Nigel Hess | 1953 | British composer |
86 | Nigel Gibbs | 1965 | English association football player and coach |
87 | Nigel Gray | 1947 | English record producer |
88 | Nigel Rudd | 1946 | British businessman |
89 | Nigel Jemson | 1969 | English footballer |
90 | Nigel Powell | 1971 | English rock musician and record producer |
91 | Nigel Westlake | 1958 | Australian composer |
92 | Nigel Cox | 1945 | English doctor |
93 | Nigel Holmes | 1942 | British graphic designer |
94 | Nigel Latta | 1967 | New Zealand psychologist |
95 | Nigel Cawthorne | 1951 | British writer |
96 | Nigel Gray Leakey | 1913 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
97 | Nigel Lamb | 1956 | British air racer |
98 | Nigel Williams | 1948 | English novelist, screenwriter and playwright. |
99 | Nigel Lappin | 1976 | Australian rules footballer |
100 | Nigel Calder | 1931 | British science writer |
101 | Nigel Tetley | 1924 | British sailor |
102 | Nigel Boogaard | 1986 | Australian soccer player |
103 | Nigel Mills | 1974 | British politician |
104 | Nigel Melville | 1961 | English rugby union player |
105 | Nigel Vagana | 1975 | New Zealand rugby league player |
106 | Nigel Wilson | 1956 | Businessperson |
107 | Nigel Knowles | English solicitor | |
108 | Nigel Huddleston | 1970 | British politician |
109 | Nigel Jenkins | 1949 | Welsh poet who wrote in English |
110 | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 1957 | British racehorse trainer |
111 | Nigel Starmer-Smith | 1944 | English rugby union player |
112 | Nigel Griffiths | 1955 | British politician |
113 | Nigel Ipinson | 1970 | British musician |
114 | Nigel Balchin | 1908 | Psychologist, author |
115 | Nigel Cabourn | ||
116 | Nigel Rees | 1944 | British writer and broadcaster |
117 | Nigel McCrery | 1953 | English screenwriter and ex-police officer |
118 | Nigel | 1100 | Anglo-Norman Bishop of Ely, Treasurer of England |
119 | Nigel Wright | 1955 | English record producer |
120 | Nigel Pilkington | 1975 | British actor |
121 | Nigel Lambert | 1944 | British actor |
122 | Nigel Ah Wong | 1990 | Rugby player |
123 | Nigel Anthony | 1941 | British actor |
124 | Nigel Spivey | 1958 | British scholar |
125 | Nigel Bagnall | 1927 | British Army officer and Chief of the General Staff |
126 | Nigel Cross | 1942 | Design researcher |
127 | Nigel Simmonds | Reader in Jurisprudence at the University of Cambridge | |
128 | Nigel Clark | 1966 | British musician |
129 | Nigel Robertha | 1998 | |
130 | Nigel Haworth | 1951 | New Zealand academic and politician |
131 | Nigel Plaskitt | 1950 | British actor |
132 | Nigel Barley | 1947 | British anthropologist |
133 | Nigel Callaghan | 1962 | English footballer |
134 | Nigel Sweeney | 1954 | British High Court judge |
135 | Nigel Sinclair | 1948 | British film producer |
136 | Nigel Walker | 1963 | British hurdler |
137 | Nigel De Brulier | 1877 | English actor |
138 | Nigel Burton | 1976 | American football player and coach |
139 | Nigel Dabingyaba | 1992 | |
140 | Nigel Burgess | 1942 | British yacht racer |
141 | Nigel Rodgers | 1952 | British writer |
142 | Nigel Stock | 1950 | Bishop at Lambeth; Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich; Bishop of Stockport |
143 | Nigel Newton | 1955 | British book publisher |
144 | Nigel Finch | 1949 | British film director |
145 | Nigel Plum | 1983 | Australian rugby league player |
146 | Nigel Forman | 1943 | British politician |
147 | Nigel Hinton | 1941 | British writer |
148 | Nigel Milsom | 1975 | Painter |
149 | Nigel Levine | 1989 | British sprinter |
150 | Nigel Essenhigh | 1944 | Royal Navy admiral |
151 | Nigel de Grey | 1886 | Code breaker |
152 | Nigel Coan | British animator | |
153 | Nigel de Brus | Scottish noble | |
154 | Nigel Akkara | ||
155 | Nigel Watson | British musician | |
156 | Nigel Redman | 1964 | English rugby union player |
157 | Nigel Osborne | 1948 | British composer |
158 | Nigel Dennis | 1912 | British writer |
159 | Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich | 1917 | British judge |
160 | Nigel Foster | 1952 | English kayaker |
161 | Nigel Roebuck | 1946 | British motorsport journalist |
162 | Nigel Eaton | British musician | |
163 | Nigel H. Jones | 1961 | British historian |
164 | Nigel Boocock | 1937 | British speedway rider |
165 | Nigel Shawn Williams | Canadian actor | |
166 | Nigel Jaquiss | 1962 | American journalist |
167 | Nigel Don | 1954 | British politician |
168 | Nigel Henderson | 1917 | British photographer |
169 | Nigel Pennick | 1946 | British writer |
170 | Nigel Clarke | 1960 | British composer and musician |
171 | Nigel Crisp | 1952 | British civil servant |
172 | Nigel Haywood | 1955 | British diplomat |
173 | Nigel Saul | 1952 | British historian |
174 | Nigel Griggs | 1949 | British musician |
175 | Nigel Bertrams | 1993 | Dutch footballer |
176 | Nigel Tangye | 1909 | British writer |
177 | Nigel McCulloch | 1942 | British bishop |
178 | Nigel Hitchcock | 1971 | British musician |
179 | Nigel Brown | 1949 | New Zealand artist |
180 | Nigel Andrews | 1947 | Film critic |
181 | Nigel Farrell | 1953 | British television director |
182 | Nigel d'Aubigny | 1070 | Norman nobleman |
183 | Nigel Stein | 1955 | Businessperson |
184 | Nigel Pegrum | 1949 | British musician |
185 | Nigel Melker | 1991 | Dutch racing driver |
186 | Nigel Cumberland | 1967 | |
187 | Nigel Waterson | 1950 | British politician |
188 | Nigel Humphreys | 1951 | British actor |
189 | Nigel Frieda | 1952 | |
190 | Nigel Lockyer | 1952 | Director of TRIUMF |
191 | Nigel Carrington | British lawyer | |
192 | Nigel North | 1954 | Lutenist |
193 | Nigel Stonier | British record producer | |
194 | Nigel Roberts | British computer scientist | |
195 | Nigel Gleghorn | 1962 | English footballer |
196 | Nigel Davies | 1920 | British anthropologist and historian |
197 | Nigel Fisher | 1913 | British politician |
198 | Nigel Wingrove | 1957 | English horror film director |
199 | Nigel Playfair | 1874 | British actor |
200 | Knock-off Nigel |