# Nigel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈnaɪd͡ʒəl/ · frequency rank #10,093

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin, of mostly British usage.
2. A small mining town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **nil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nil)
- **nine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nine)
- **Nike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nike)
- **Nile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nile)
- **Noel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-noel)
- **nigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nigh)
- **nite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nite)
- **night** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-night)
- **novel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-novel)
- **Nobel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nobel)
- **nigga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nigga)
- **Niger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-niger)
- **nines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nines)
- **nigger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nigel-vs-nigger)
- **NGL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ngl-vs-nigel)
- **nice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nice-vs-nigel)
- **Niall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/niall-vs-nigel)
- **navel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/navel-vs-nigel)
- **Nicol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicol-vs-nigel)
- **nicely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicely-vs-nigel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ingel`, `ngiel`, `niegl`, `nigell`, `niggel`, `nigle`, `nnigel`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nigel