Nigel

A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
    • 'I thought, sir,' answered Nigel, with as much haughtiness as was consistent with the cool distance he desired to preserve, 'I thought I had told you, my name was Nigel Grahame.' His eminence of Whitefriars on this...
    • It might come as some small comfort to Nigel Farage to discover that it’s not just those on his side of the Brexit debate who have fallen victim to potential ‘debanking’. - 2023 July 28, Steerpike, “Has Gina Miller also...
  2. A small mining town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.

Origin

English form of Latin Nigellus, from nigellus (“slightly black”), diminutive of niger (“(shining) black”), particularly used in the Middle Ages to Latinize Norman Néel and Irish Neil.

Derived

Nigella Niyjale Nige

Noun

  1. Synonym of dweeb (“boring or socially inept person”).
    • He's such a Nigel, hanging around in the library all day by himself.

    Synonyms: dweeb

  2. An Englishman.

Forms

Nigels

Synonyms

Nigel no friends Nigel no mates Nige