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    Nigel

    NY-jul

    Latin/English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Dark; Champion; Cloud
    Origin
    Latin/English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Nigel does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Dark; Champion; Cloud", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Nigel.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1990s (0.018% of births), currently falling
    Spiritual meaning
    Nigel brings light to darkness — great light shining, shadow of death illuminated, the champion who proves that darkness cannot comprehend the light.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Isaiah 9:2

      "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."

    • John 1:5

      "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

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