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[ syll. ni-gel-la, nig-e-lla ] The girl name Nigella is pronounced NAYJHEHL-ah †. Nigella is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in English. Derived from the word niadh which is of the meaning 'champion, cloud, passionate'. Nigella is the feminine version of the English and Spanish Nigel. Forms of the name include the name Nige and the English Nigelia. Nigella is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Nigella include the English Nacola, the Arabic Najila, the name Nekola, the Italian Niccola, the English Nickola, the English, German, and Italian Nicola, the English Nicoli, the German Nikola, the English Necole, the English Nekoel, the English Niccole, the French Nichele, the English and French Nichelle, the English Nichol, the English, French, and German Nichole, the English Nicholle, the English Nickol, the English Nickole, the English and German Nicol, and the English, French, and German Nicole.
† approx pronunciation for Nigella: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
