Nankivell is a surname originating from Cornwall

Cornwall

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, it may refer to:

• Edward J. Nankivell
  Edward J. Nankivell
  Edward James Nankivell was a respected member of the Institute of Journalists in London and an avid early stamp collector. Stamp collecting was a relatively new hobby and not taken seriously at all by the people, who considered it only something to amuse children.Nankivell was upset by...
  
  
• Joice NanKivell Loch
  Joice NanKivell Loch
  Joice NanKivell Loch was an Australian author, journalist and humanitarian worker who worked with refugees in Poland, Greece and Romania after World War I and World War II.-Biography:...
  
  , an Australia
  Australia
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  n author, journalist and humanitarian worker who worked with refugees in Poland
  Poland
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  , Greece
  Greece
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   and Romania
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   after World War I
  World War I
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   and World War II
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• Rex Nan Kivell
  Rex Nan Kivell
  Sir Rex de Charembac Nan Kivell CMG was a New Zealand-born British art collector, who was knighted on the recommendation of the government of Australia, a country he never visited, for contributing to the National Library of Australia his collection of books, paintings, prints, documents,...
  
   KCMG
  Order of St Michael and St George
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   (8 April 1898 – 7 June 1977), a New Zealand-born British art collector.
• Gary Nankivell, a master optical craftsman from New Zealand. The Nankivell Observatory
  Nankivell Observatory
  Nankivell Observatory, named after the late Gary Nankivell, a master optical craftsman, is situated in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. It is to become incorporated into the Matariki Research Observatory, now under development by members of the Phoenix Astronomical Society .The Nankivell Observatory...
  
   was named in his honour.
• Fred Nankivell (1876–1950), New York artist
• Frank Arthur Nankivell
  Frank Arthur Nankivell
  Frank Arthur Nankivell was an Australian artist and political cartoonist.Nankivell was born to John and Annie Nankivell in Maldon, northwest of Castlemaine, Victoria in April, 1869. He was a book illustrator in New York circles of the 1910s and 1920s on such publications as Puck, which was...
  
   (1869–1959), an Australian artist
• Kevin Nancekivell
  Kevin Nancekivell
  Kevin Nancekivell is a retired English footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.A farmer by trade, he played for Bideford before joining Tiverton Town in 1996...
  
  , an English footballer
• Richard Nancekivell, a Cornish rugby union
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   player

Origins

The name derives from 'Nanskeval' a place on the parish boundaries of St Mawgan in Pydar and St Columb Major

St Columb Major

St Columb Major is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is situated approximately seven miles southwest of Wadebridge and six miles east of Newquay...

, which in 1277 was spelt Nanscuvel. Nanskeval house was once the home of Liberal MP Edward Brydges Willyams

Edward Brydges Willyams

Edward William Brydges Willyams was a Liberal MP, successively for three Cornish constituencies. In 1892, he was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.-Parental family:...

and is still part of the Carnanton estate which is still owned by descendants of the same family. Nans means 'valley' in Old Cornish, and Kivell is thought to derive from the Cornish equivalent of the Welsh word ceffyl, meaning a horse.

External links

• Nankivell news website includes history of the name.