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It's unbearably effeminate to me.

I don't mind it on someone else. But somehow it doesn't really grab me.

It seems like 9 times out of 10 if there is a British character in a cartoon, his name is Nigel.

If you remove the N, you get the Swedish word for leech. Ick.

I like it; handsome name.

I can't say I dislike it. It's so classically goofy and snooty that there's just something likable about it.

I adore Nigel! It's equally accommodating of debonairness and dorkiness.

Nigel peaked between the 1940s and the 70s here. In 1964 it reached #23 - so it was popular, and there are a lot of 40/50 year-old Nigels here, with very few young ones. Looking at the US stats, they start in the 70s and it's never broken the top 400, so it probably feels very different from across the pond. I don't dislike it, but I mentally group it with names like Ian and Neil - not bad, but not quite ready for revival.

I don't like it. It sound like a comedy cartoon character name. I really can't imagine a cute little kid called Nigel. I think 'goofy' is a good way to describe it