Nygel
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Nygel by the numbers
Nygel was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Nygel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nygel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Nygel
Names that are said the same way as Nygel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Nijel5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nygel
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