Nellie - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Nellie \n(el)-lie\ is a variant of Cornelia (Latin), Eleanor (Greek), Helen (Greek) and Nelly (English), and the meaning of Nellie is "horn; sun ray, shining light".

The baby name Nellie sounds like Nelli, Nelle and Neelie. Other similar baby names are Cellie, Kellie, Mellie, Nelsie and Nellsie.

Nellie is a very common first name for women (#238 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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