Nagl
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Syncope form of Nagel from mhd./mnd
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/naɡl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nagl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- ATAustria≈1 in 5.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 39K
- USUnited States1 in 1.6M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Syncope form of Nagel from mhd./mnd. nagel „Nagel“; plate demonstrates elision of -e- in the surname stem.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nagl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 39K | listed | Nagl | 101 |
| AT Austria | #309 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Nagl | 78 |
| US United States | — | 210 | 1 in 1.6M | 211 | Nagl | 118 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 146 | 1 in 73K | 146 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | — | 44 | 1 in 4.8M | 44 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | 37 | 1 in 227K | 37 | Nagl | 12 |
| HR Croatia | — | 20 | 1 in 211K | 20 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the dfa-band-1 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; MVČR — living population register 2017; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nagl is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Zu mhd. nagel 'Nagel'; meist Berufsname für den Nagelschmied, teils auch andere Herleitungen. 819 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In gmw-pro, nail (on hands or feet)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In lud, nail (tool)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfred Naglb. 1841ATAustrian mathematician and historian of mathematics (1841-1921)
- Franz Xaver Naglb. 1855ATCatholic cardinal (1855-1913)
- Maria Assunta Naglb. 1871ATAustrian historian, editor
- František Mořic Náglb. 1889CZCzech painter (1889-1944)
- Maly Naglb. 1893ATViennese Wienerlied singer
- Karl Nagelb. 1922ATnot in their usual nameAustrian musician, organ builder, folk singer and composer
- Manfred Naglb. 1944DEGerman computer scientist
- Ludwig Naglb. 1944ATAustrian university teacher
- Siegfried Naglb. 1963ATAustrian politician
- John A. Naglb. 1966USUS Army officer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 211 | #93,282 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 210 | #88,336 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 192 | #89,549 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 44 | #114,634 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 43 | #32,717 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 43 | #11,365 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 37 | #23,367 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 20 | #23,030 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 18 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Nagl come from?
- Syncope form of Nagel from mhd./mnd. nagel „Nagel“; plate demonstrates elision of -e- in the surname stem. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Nagl?
- A machine transcription gives /naɡl/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Nagl mean?
- Recorded meaning: Syncope form of Nagel from mhd./mnd.
- In which country does Nagl have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Nagl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nagl.
- How common is the name Nagl?
- In the United States, the national register counted 210 people named Nagl in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
- How common is Nagl compared with other names?
- In Austria, Nagl is the 309th most common surname of 127,275 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nagl?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/naglThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nagl” — the 309th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.