| Nailer | One who makes nails; a nail-maker. Also, one who drives in nails. |
| Nailor | A variation in the spelling of the name: nailer. |
| Naperer | The person having charge of the royal table linen. |
| Napier | A naperer. |
| Naval Officer | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for "one belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad." |
| Navigant | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for an "old word for sailor." |
| Navigator | One who navigates; a sailor or seaman, especially one skilled and experienced in the art of navigation; one who conducts explorations by sea. Also, a labourer employed in the work of excavating and constructing a canal, or, in later use, in any similar kind of earthwork. |
| Navvie | A variation in the spelling of the name: navvy. |
| Navvy | A labourer employed in the excavation and construction of earth-works, such as canals, railways, embankments, drains, etc. |
| Nayler | A variation in the spelling of the name: nailer. |
| Naylor | A variation in the spelling of the name: nailer. |
| Neatherd | One who has the care of neat cattle, a cowherd. The definition of 'neat' cattle was: an animal of the ox-kind; an ox, bullock, a cow or heifer. |
| Neatherdess | A female neatherd. |
| Necessary Woman | Of persons, esp. servants: rendering (certain) necessary or useful services; in later use only necessary woman. |
| Neck-stamper | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses. |
| Needle-maker | One who makes needles for sewing. |
| Needleman | A man who works with the needle, esp. a tailor. |
| Neetherd | A variation in the spelling of the name: neatherd. |
| Neteherd | A variation in the spelling of the name: neatherd. |
| Netherd | A variation in the spelling of the name: neatherd. |
| Netter | A netmaker. Also, One who uses a net. |
| Neulander | This is a German name (meaning 'land agent') for one who encouraged others to sell their homes and goods in order to pay for passage on a ship bound for the American Colonies. The neulander often was a charlatan; when the family had sold all their property and arrived at the shipdock, they would find that there was no ship on which they were registered. They had, therefore, no home to return to, nor additional money to pay for a legitimate passage; they quite often were forced to pay for their passage by indentured servitude. |
| Newesmonger | A variation in the spelling of the name: newsmonger. |
| Newgate-solicitor | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a petty fogging or roguish attorney, who attends the gaols to assist villains in evading justice. |
| Newsboy | A boy who sells newspapers in the streets, or dellivers them at houses. |
| Newsman | A bearer or collector of news; a news-writer. Also, a newspaper reporter, a journalist. |
| Newsmonger | One who collects and retails news. |
| Night-magistrate | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a constable. |
| Nightman | A man employed during the night to empty cesspools, etc., and to convey away the night-soil. |
| Night-soilman | One who removed excrementitious matter by night from cesspools. |
| Nightwalker | A bell-man. |
| Nightwatch | A watch or guard kept during the night. Also, the person or persons engaged in watching by night. |
| Nim-gimmer | A doctor, surgeon, or apothecary, or any one that cures a clap or pox. |
| Nimrod | a tyrannical ruler; a tyrant. Also, a great hunter; on who is fond of, or given to, hunting. This name was derived from the name of King Nimrod, who ruled over Sumeria at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel. King Nimrod was considered to be both a tyrannical ruler and a great hunter. |
| Nipcheese | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "purser's steward." |
| Nipper | A boy who assists a costermonger, carter, or workman. |
| Nipper-men | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for "foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return them when they are taken off." |
| Nob | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a king, a man of rank. |
| Nobleman | A Nobleman among all men is defined to be a person, that hath a certain eminency above the rest; one who is known by the heroical virtues of his life; and the Nobility with us compriseth all degrees of dignity above a knight; and is derived from the King, who may grant it in fee, or for life, &c. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Nob-thatcher | A wigmaker or hatter. |
| Norce | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Nors | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Norse | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Norsse | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Nose-gent | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a nun. |
| Notair | A variation in the spelling of the name: notar. |
| Notaire | A variation in the spelling of the name: notar. |
| Notar | A notary. |
| Notare | A variation in the spelling of the name: notar. |
| Notaress | A female notary or clerk. |
| Notarie | A variation in the spelling of the name: notary. |
| Notary | A clerk or secretary to a person. Also, A person publicly authorized to draw up or attest contracts or similar documents, to protest bills or exchange, etc., and discharge other duties of a formal character. The name is variously known as notary public. |
| Notarye | A variation in the spelling of the name: notary. |
| Noter | A variation in the spelling of the name: notar. |
| Noterer | A notary. |
| Note-shaver | A promoter of bogus financial companies; a usurer. |
| Nottar | A variation in the spelling of the name: notar. |
| Nource | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Nourse | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Nun | A woman devoted to a religious life under certain vows; usually, one who has vowed poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who lives in a convent under a certain rule, as in the Roman Catholic and Greek Churches. |
| Nuncius | A messenger, servant, &c. [According to A New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacob, 1744] |
| Nurce | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Nurs | A variation in the spelling of the name: nurse. |
| Nurse | A woman employed to suckle, and otherwise attend to, an infant; also one who has general care and charge of a young child or children. Also, one who takes care of, looks after, or advises another. Also, a person, generally a woman, who attend or waits upon the sick; now esp. one properly trained for this purpose. |
| Nypper | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a cut-purse (i.e. pickpocket). |
