Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Horn; feminine form of Cornelius
  • Greek : Mercy
  • English : By the alder tree
  • Irish : Champion
  • Greek : Stone

Girl name variations

Cornelia
Cornell
Cornel
Cornalia
Corneelija
Cornela
Cornelija
Cornelya
Corelie
Cornella
Cornelle
Cornie
Korneelia
Korneelya
Kornelia
Kornelija
Kornelya
Neel
Neely
Nela
Nelia
Nella
Nellie
Nelly
Neal
Eleanor
Eleanore
Eleanora
Elinor
Elinore
Ellie
Leonore
Leonora
Eliana
Elana
Elanor
Elanore
Elenor
Elenore
Eleonor
Elianore
Ellenor
Ellinor
Ellinore
Elynor
Elanie
Nelda
Neldah
Nellda
Nelle

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Short for Nelson; singing

Boy name variations

Nellie
Nellee
Nelli
Nells
Nelly

How Popular Is The Name Nell

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and German : from the personal name Nel, a reduced form of Cornelius.
  • South German : nickname from Middle High German nelle ‘crown of the head’, perhaps denoting an obstinate person.
  • English : from the Middle English personal name Nel(le), a variant of Neill.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Joanne Woodward
Paul Newman

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