First and foremost, I must apologise profusely for any offence caused by the  application in some cases of approximate dates of birth. I am currently trying  to make them all as accurate as possible and this may take sometime. I  appreciate that it may appal those I personally know in my family - so please  bear with me and I will gladly correct any erroneous estimations.

The family tree mainly has Nightingales who have emanated from various towns  and villages in Surrey. Notably, Reigate, Betchworth, Buckland, Dorking,  Brockham, Redhill and Charlwood. Nightingale is a very old English surname with  many variations that make research beyond the Internet and personal knowledge   a challenging undertaking.

However,here are a few interesting facts about my surname -

VARIANCES - Nitingale, Nihtingale, Knightingale, Nightingall, Nightingull,       Nightengale, Nightingill, Nyghtyngale, 
 MEANING   - niht (night) and -galan (sing)(sweet voice)- Old English EARLIEST RECORDED SPELLING: 725AD - Nehtegala (Old English)
 EARLIEST MODERN SPELLING  : 1523 
 ETYMOLOGY:  Nihtingale, Nihtegale (Middle English 13th century)             Nihtegala, Nehtegala  (Old English 8th to 12th century)             Nahtagala             (Old Saxon)
             Nahtigala             (Old High German)
             Nachtegaal            (Dutch)
             Nachtigall            (German)
             Naetrgali             (Old Norse)
             Nattergal             (Danish)
             Etelansatakieli       (Finnish)
             Usignolo              (Italian)
             Nattergal             (Norwegian)
             Naktergal             (Swedish)
             Andalee               (Arabic)
             Luscinia              (Latin)
             Eos                   (Welsh)

This website is dedicated to Douglas Nightingale.