Globally, Nightingale (Nightingale 
) is a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly boy's first name. The first name Nightingale is habitual in South Africa, where it is a rare mostly girly, but seldom boy's name, Philippines, where it is a very rare primarily feminine, but scarcely boy's name, and the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, South Africa, and Philippines. More frequently, Nightingale is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Nightingale | Australia, Myanmar, Canada, United Kingdom, United States |
Nihtegale, Yaffingale, Ñightingalë, Нигхтингале, and ไนติงเกล
Nightingale is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nightingale (Соловей) , the operatic character in the opera The Nightingale by Igor Stravinsky; Nightingale , the musical character in the musical Nightingale by Charles Strouse and Nightingale of Samarkand , the musical character in the musical Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers.
| sir thomas nightingale, 2nd bt. (1629-1702) (b. 1629) |
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| sir edward nightingale, 10th bt. (1760-1804) (b. 1760) |
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| sir charles nightingale, 12th bt. (1809-1876) (b. 1809) |
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| manby nightingale (1813-1850) (b. 1813) |
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| manners randolph nightingale (1823-1892) (b. 1823) |
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| sir henry dickonson nightingale, 13th bt. (1830-1911) (b. 1830) |
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| manners ralph wilmott nightingale (1871-1956) (b. 1871) |
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| dudley arthur nightingale (1880-1954) (b. 1880) |
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| sir edward manners nightingale, 14th bt. (1888-1953) (b. 1888) |
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| sir charles athelstan nightingale, 16th bt. (1902-1977) (b. 1902) |
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| manners percy nightingale (1908-1974) (b. 1908) |
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| sir charles manners gamaliel nightingale, 17th bt. (born 1947) (b. 1947) |
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| sir robert nightingale (died 1697) |
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| sir bridges nightingale, 3rd bt. Peerage person ID=541963 |
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| unknown daughter nightingale Peerage person ID=641903 |
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