Nightingale

Nightingale
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a nickname surname for someone with a good, sweet singing voice, from the bird, the nightingale. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "nihtegal", itself from "niht", night, with "galan", to sing, in Middle English "nichti(n)gale". The names of birds were often popular nicknames in medieval England, from some real or supposed resemblance to a bird; other examples are Finch, Hawk, Jay and Lark. The surname development since 1176 (see below) has included: Richard Nihtingale (1227, Bedfordshire); Alan Nightegale (1260, Cambridgeshire); and Henry Nitingale (1287, London). In the modern idiom the surname can be found recorded as Nightingale, Nightingall and Nightingirl. Probably the most famous bearer of the name was Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), an English nurse, known as the Lady of the Lamp, renowned for her work during the Crimean War. She helped to raise the status of the nursing profession and in 1860 founded a training school for nurses in London. A Coat of Arms granted to a family of the name from Cambridge is a shield divided per pale ermine and red with a rose counterchanged, the Crest being a silver ibex sejant tufted, armed, and maned gold. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Nichtegale, which was dated 1176, in the "Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Nightingale — (engl. für „Nachtigall“) ist: ein Familienname: Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), Pionierin der modernen Krankenpflege Frances Parthenope Verney (1819–1890; auch: Parthenope Nightingale), britische Schriftstellerin und Journalistin; Schwester von …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nightingale — Nightingale, Nosturi 2008 Datos generales Origen Örebro …   Wikipedia Español

  • Nightingale — Night in*gale, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[ a]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nightingale —   [ naɪtɪȖgeɪl], Florence, britische Krankenschwester, Pflegetheoretikerin, Berufs und Sozialreformerin, * Florenz 12. 5. 1820, ✝ London 13. 8. 1910. Umfassender sozialer Sachverstand, Eindrücke menschlischen Leidens (u. a. Hungersnot 1842/43)… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Nightingale — (Краков,Польша) Категория отеля: Адрес: ul. Bosacka 6b/6, Гжегорски, 31 505 Краков, Пол …   Каталог отелей

  • nightingale — (n.) O.E. næctigalæ, nihtegale, compound formed in Proto Germanic (Cf. Du. nachtegaal, Ger. Nachtigall) from *nakht night (see NIGHT (Cf. night)) + *galon to sing, related to O.E. giellan yell (see YELL (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • Nightingale [2] — Nightingale (spr. naitin gēl). Miß Florence, durch ihre menschenfreundlichen Bestrebungen bekannt geworden, geb. 12. Mai 1820 in Florenz als Tochter eines englischen Gutsbesitzers, erhielt von ihrer Mutter, einer Tochter Will Smiths, des eifrigen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • NIGHTINGALE — (Heb. זָמִיר (mod.), zamir), a name applied to singing birds of the genus Luscinia, of which three species are found in Israel. The most outstanding for its song is the Luscinia megarhynchos which hatches its eggs in the thickets of the Jordan.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Nightingale — (spr. Neitingel), Florence, Tochter Will. Shore N s, eines reichen Gutsbesitzers in Derbyshire, machte sich mit den Wissenschaften vertraut u. erwarb sich in ihrem Vaterlande große Verdienste durch Errichtung von Schulen, Krankenanstalten u.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Nightingale [1] — Nightingale, eine der drei Felseninseln von Tristan da Eunya (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nightingale — (spr. neitingehl), Miß Florence, engl. Krankenpflegerin, geb. 15. Mai 1820 zu Florenz, im Krimkriege in den Hospitälern zu Skutari und Balaklawa aufopfernd tätig; schrieb: »Notes on nursing« (1860 u.ö.; deutsch, 2. Aufl. 1878) u.a …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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