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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Smooth

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German, Middle Dutch nagel, German Nagel ‘nail’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of nails.

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