Given name

Nargil

“to save”

Nargil is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old High German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Nargil goes back to a word meaning “to save.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Nargil comes from Proto-West Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-West Germanic *Nargil, from Proto-Germanic *Nargilaz, built from Old High German nerien (“to save”) + il.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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