I've never seen any substantial usage of this except on the Australian name lists (in quite a number of different spellings). Not really recently, though. So I just have to ask, where and how did it come to your attention?
My husband and I are both teachers. He teaches regular ed and I teach special ed. He comes across more students than I do. He has one student that is Indian and her name is Nirel. I liked it, but wanted something changed- like spelling so I chose Nirelle. My husband is Indian as well. I wanted something that could sound either way. I just liked the name Nirelle.
Near-elle is one way to pronounce Nirel... but I wanted something a little more feminine.
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Date: 2007-05-31 05:58 am (UTC)Thanks for satisfying my curiosity :)
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Date: 2007-05-31 04:50 pm (UTC)Near-elle is one way to pronounce Nirel... but I wanted something a little more feminine.
Thank you for asking. :)