Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?

[Anonymous]

How did it catch on in Britain but not across the Atlantic? Any Nigel I've met is British or the Caribbean.

Thinking of "American" names that don't really exist in Britain (besides specifically AA ones).

[Anonymous]

I don’t know but there are other names with a similar fate. Gemma was not popular in America until very recently.

[Anonymous]

What word does Nigel look like? I think that’s why.

[Anonymous]

I think Nigel just sounds dumb to Americans.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like an old guy - like a Walter or a Hugh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What word does Nigel look like? I think that’s why.

+1

[Anonymous]

Nigel isn't an important player in the New Testament.

[Anonymous]

Same with Cecil and Clive. Simon to a certain extent.

[Anonymous]

My dd is 15 and in 10th grade and has both a Nigel and a Clive in her class.

[Anonymous]

I know quite a few Nigel’s and Cecil’s

- 59yo African American from NC

[Anonymous]

Why is the name Prunella popular in Britain but not here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an old guy - like a Walter or a Hugh

Nope. 45 year old British guy that went to school with 2 or 3 Nigel’s.

[Anonymous]

This post is why I love DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same with Cecil and Clive. Simon to a certain extent.

Agree with Cecil and Clive but not Simon. I am from New England and plenty of Simons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same with Cecil and Clive. Simon to a certain extent.

Agree with Cecil and Clive but not Simon. I am from New England and plenty of Simons.

Definitely Simon. But also Theodore and Alvin.