Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 19:21     Subject: Re:Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
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.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 19:13     Subject: Re:Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
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
Post 11/02/2024 18:52     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
This post is why I love DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 18:51     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
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
Post 11/02/2024 18:48     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
Why is the name Prunella popular in Britain but not here?
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:36     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?


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

- 59yo African American from NC
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:33     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
My dd is 15 and in 10th grade and has both a Nigel and a Clive in her class.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:26     Subject: Re:Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
Same with Cecil and Clive. Simon to a certain extent.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:24     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
Nigel isn't an important player in the New Testament.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:11     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
Anonymous wrote:What word does Nigel look like? I think that’s why.


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:06     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
Sounds like an old guy - like a Walter or a Hugh
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 17:02     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
I think Nigel just sounds dumb to Americans.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 16:58     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
What word does Nigel look like? I think that’s why.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 16:55     Subject: Re:Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
I don’t know but there are other names with a similar fate. Gemma was not popular in America until very recently.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2024 16:51     Subject: Why is the name Nigel common in Britain but virtually unheard of in America?
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).