Nagele Last Name Facts and Heraldry

There is no single Nagele family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Meaning of the name

Records tie Nagele closely to Nagel. The name is generally explained as “One who made nails”.

Nagele adds “e” to Nagel, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Naegele, Nagle and Naegel. Nagele ranked 43,151 in the 2010 US Census, with 501 people answering to the name. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Nagell.

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