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♀ Neely (girl)
What does Neely mean?
Neely 
as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Neely) is a Latin and Hebrew name, and Neely means "horn; closing, locking". Neely is an alternate spelling of Cornelia (Latin): feminine of the Roman surname Cornelius. Neely is also a derivative of Neila (Hebrew).
STARTS WITH Ne-
Variations
VARIANTS Nila, Nelly, Nellie▼, Nella, Nelia, Nela, Neelie
OTHER FORMS VIA CORNELIA, NEILA Neel, Neeltje, Neilla, Nel, Nell▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Naly, ..
(male) Neele, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Neely Giselle (N.G.), ..
How popular is Neely?
Neely is a somewhat popular first name for women (#4212 out of 4276, Top 99%) and an even more popular surname for all people (#1393 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Neely entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its top position of #1823 in the U.S. then, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Neely appearing in the Top 2000 are Nellie (#1071 IN 2018), Nila (#1758), Nelly (#1982), Cornelia, Nelia, Nell and Nella. These relations of Neely were popular as birth names a century ago (USAGE OF 1.2%) and have become much less conventional since, with forms like Nellie going out of style.
Similar Names
Neely is alike in pronunciation to Naila, Neala, Nealla, Neelia, Neelya, Nelley, Nelli, Neola, Noela, Noella, Nola, Noola, Nowla, Nuala, Nula and Nyla▲. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arely, Cecely, Delly, Emely, Haely, Hedly, Joely, Kealy, Keely▼, Kelly▼, Keyely, Lesly▼, Melly, Nately, Neale, Neelle (see Neilina), Neema, Neena, Neera, Neile, Nelle▼, Nelsy, Neroly (see Nerola), Nessy, Netty, Noel▲, Noele, Noell, Seely and Verly. These names tend to be less commonly used than Neely.
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