Nigel



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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 640 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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