Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage English (Rare) Pronounced Pron. NIE-tin-gay-l [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 8/19/2018 by Charlemange theLuzor Edited 8/20/2018 by Evil Meaning & History From the name of a bird, ultimately from the Old English nihtegale "night-singer".