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First name origin & meaning:

English: Smooth

First name variations: Naegel, Nageler, Nagelle, Nagle, Nagler

Last name origin & meaning:

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.