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The girl's name Nelly \n(el)-ly\ is pronounced NEL-ee. It is of English origin. Short form of Helen, Eleanor (Greek) "light". Opera star Nellie Melba.

Nelly has 9 variant forms: Nel, Nelida, Nell, Nella, Nellene, Nellie, Nellwen, Nellwin and Nellwyn.

For more information, see also related names Nelsey and Cornelia.

Baby names that sound like Nelly are Neely, Nelia, Nela, Neel, Neala, Neille, Neilla, Neile, Neila, Nealla, Neale, Neelle, Neelya, Neola, Noelle, Noella and Noell.

Nelly is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Nelly. Click here to compare Nelly with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Nelly
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Nelly

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