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Nigel
by cayden
8/4/2018, 11:38 AM
Nigel was a popular British name for several decades but it never caught on in America (at least not to the same extent)? Is there any idea as to why?-cayden Formerly summitseeker.
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- number1212
8/5/2018, 1:19 PM
The sound isn’t too appealing IMO.
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- RoxStar
8/5/2018, 10:45 AM
My guess is probably that it always came across as a stereotypical British dandy, a caricature and a punchline.
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- Septapus (Buneary)
8/5/2018, 9:29 AM
My guess is due to the name being seen as stereotypically British in a bad way.
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- noel (glaucous)
8/4/2018, 5:01 PM
It's not very familiar sounding, to begin with. Is there any particular reason it could have been expected to be popular?...maybe because the *gel sounds like Angel and (hair) gel, and that plus the similarity to Niles makes it seem prissy or starchy.

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- Wordsmith   +1
8/4/2018, 12:03 PM
I'm not sure why. Perhaps its closeness to the vile six-letter racial slur dissuaded people from using it...?I love the name, though!
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- Fictionfan861 (guest)
8/4/2018, 1:37 PM
Perhaps. I personally never thought about that but now that you mentioned it...yeah,I could see that. My only theory was the strong Nigel thornberry association that many still associate with. Buhahaha.
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