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Nigella
OriginFeminine variation of Nigel; botanical name from Latin
Meaning"black"
About Nigella
A name that sounded unthinkably priggish until it became attached to Domestic Goddess British TV chef Nigella Lawson (named for her father), who gave it a big dollop of glamour.
Pronounced nigh-JEL-uh.
As of October 2026, Nigella ranked #14083 in US births in 2015 SSA, peaked at #12084 in 2003.
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genus of flowering plants including black caraway and devil,in,a,bush or love,in,a,mist
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