First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Horn; feminine form of Cornelius
- Greek: Torch
- Greek: The bright one
- Greek: Stone
- English: Short for Nelson; singing
- Old English: Son of a champion; son of Neil
First name variations: Cornell, Cornel, Cornalia, Corneelija, Cornela, Cornelija, Cornelya, Corelie, Cornella, Cornelle, Cornie, Korneelia, Korneelya, Kornelia, Kornelija, Kornelya, Neel, Neely, Nela, Nelia, Nell, Nella, Nellie, Neal, Cornelia, Helene, Helena, Helina, Helaine, Elaine, Elayne, Eleanor, Elinor, Eileen, Elena, Elene, Galina, Lenora, Lena, Lenny, Jelena, Jelika, Helen, Nellis, Nela, Nelda, Nelia, Nella, Nelita, Nelina, Nellwyn, Nellie, Nell, Nellee, Nelli, Nells, Nellie, Nealson, Neilson, Nilson, Nellie, Nelson
Famous people with this first name:
Nelly Furtado,
Nelly
This name appears in the following lists:
Nobel Prize Winners