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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Short for Nelson; singing

Boy name variations

Nellie

Nellie

+ 16% this year
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Nell

Nell

+ 22% this year
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Nellee

Nellee

0 % this year
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Nells

Nells

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Nelly

Nelly

+ 17% this year
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Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (mainly Tuscany) : patronymic from the personal name Nello, a short form of a personal name formed with the hypocoristic suffix -ello following the final consonant -n, for example Antonello, Brunello, Giovannello.

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