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What does Nellie mean?
Nellie 
▼ as a girls' name has its roots in Latin, Greek and English, and the meaning of the name Nellie is "horn; other, foreign; sun ray". Nellie is an alternate spelling of Cornelia (Latin): feminine of the Roman surname Cornelius. Nellie is also a derivative of Eleanor (Old French, Old German). Nellie is also used as a variation of Ellen (Greek), a variation of Helen (Greek), and a form of Nelly (English).
Variations
VARIANTS Nila, Nelli, Nelley, Nella, Nelia, Nela, Neely
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CORNELIA, ELEANOR, ELLEN, HELEN, NELLY Elle▲, Ellee, Elli, Ellie▲, Ellin, Helaine, Helene▼, Helia, Hella, Hellen▼, Hellene, Hellia, Neel, Neeltje, Nel, Nelda▼, Nelida, Nell▼, Nelle▼, Nellene, Nellette, Nelliana, Nellwen, Nellwin, Nellwyn, Nonnie
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Nellie Tara (N.T.), ..
How popular is Nellie?
Nellie is a very prominent first name for women (#238 out of 4276, Top 6%) but an uncommon surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Nellie reached its top rank of #19 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is presently at #1071. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Nellie (#1071 FROM RECENT DATA) ranked in the Top 2000 are Cornelia, Eleanor (#32), Elle (#380), Ellen (#770), Elli, Ellie (#37), Helaine, Helen (#413), Helene, Hellen, Neely, Nelda, Nelia, Nell, Nella, Nelle, Nelly (#1982), Nila (#1758) and Nonnie. Other forms, like Hellene, are uncommon. These forms of Nellie were popular during the years 1910-1919 (ADOPTION OF 4.6%) and are now much less widespread (ADOPTION 0.8%, DOWN 83%), with versions such as Nell becoming less in vogue. Elle and Ellie are two of the more trendy names for newborns among these.
Similar Names
Nellie▼ is alike in pronunciation to Neala, Nealla, Neelia, Neelie, Neelya, Neila, Neilla, Neola and Noella. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aillie, Allie, Belle▼, Billie▼, Celie, Celli, Collie, Delle, Delline, Dellis, Dollie▼, Hallie, Hedlie, Helle, Hellee, Hillie, Hollie▼, Jillie, Jullie, Keelie, Keilie, Kelcie▼, Kellbie (see Kelby), Kellee, Kelli▼, Kellie▼, Kellye, Kelpie, Kelsie▼, Keylie, Keyllie, Lealie, Lellia, Leslie▼, Lezlie, Melli, Mellie▼, Melvie, Mollie▼, Neale, Neddie, Neelle (see Neilina), Neile, Neille, Nellsea (see Nelsey), Nellsey (see Nelsey), Nelsie, Nerolie, Nessie, Nettie▼, Noele, Noell, Noelle▲, Ollie▼, Pollie, Sallie▼, Selbie, Selie, Shellie▼, Tallie, Tillie▼, Vallie▼, Verlie, Wallie, Weslie and Zelie. These names tend to be less frequently used than Nellie.
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