Given name & surname
Nagel
“one who makes nails”
Nagel is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who makes nails.”
Original GermanNeil
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who makes nails.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
Nagel’s family of names
In German usage, Nagel has a later derivative in NAUGLE. Nagel has a related form in Naegel. Nagel has a related form in Nagele.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Neilvariant · German
- Nailvariant · German
- Nägelinvariant · German
- Nägelevariant · German
- Nahlvariant · German
- Naglervariant · German
- Nägelvariant · German
- Nagellvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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