Nellie Forename
7,772nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 134,043 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas
Nellie Forename Definition:
NELLY. Baptismal names derived from Ellen, and sometimes from Helen.
Read More About This ForenameNellie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 62,712 | 1:5,781 | 778 |
| Malawi | 100% | 17,218 | 1:994 | 218 |
| England | 100% | 9,790 | 1:5,680 | 573 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,125 | 1:5,976 | 1,120 |
| Philippines | 99% | 8,469 | 1:12,517 | 1,581 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,936 | 1:8,418 | 1,052 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,972 | 1:24,841 | 1,934 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,492 | 1:6,783 | 956 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,879 | 1:8,209 | 1,165 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,750 | 1:4,658 | 498 |
| Zambia | - | 1,673 | 1:9,477 | 1,061 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,201 | 1:2,401 | 524 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,182 | 1:3,929 | 437 |
| Sweden | 100% | 876 | 1:11,253 | 954 |
| Kenya | 100% | 625 | 1:74,091 | 4,382 |
| Ghana | 100% | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Wales | 100% | 468 | 1:6,612 | 676 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Scotland | 100% | 424 | 1:12,619 | 783 |
| Australia | - | 415 | 1:32,910 | 1,867 |
| Bahamas | - | 411 | 1:972 | 247 |
| New Zealand | - | 404 | 1:11,228 | 1,137 |
| Swaziland | - | 333 | 1:3,904 | 752 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 320 | 1:95,156 | 6,760 |
| Liberia | 100% | 291 | 1:15,162 | 1,152 |
| Haiti | 100% | 289 | 1:37,117 | 2,644 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 261 | 1:7,062 | 667 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| India | 100% | 217 | 1:5,598,516 | 205,960 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 211 | 1:2,753 | 420 |
| Indonesia | - | 192 | 1:1,343,561 | 76,919 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 143 | 1:151,122 | 6,987 |
| France | 100% | 137 | 1:485,185 | 5,307 |
| Mexico | 100% | 126 | 1:985,273 | 8,056 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 124 | 1:84,123 | 4,669 |
| Guyana | 100% | 110 | 1:6,939 | 1,163 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 110 | 1:1,614,221 | 34,555 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 106 | 1:33,493 | 1,149 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 105 | 1:12,966 | 1,800 |
| Denmark | - | 104 | 1:54,322 | 1,994 |
| Brazil | 100% | 101 | 1:2,121,150 | 43,813 |
| Germany | 100% | 98 | 1:986,509 | 7,770 |
| Congo | 100% | 88 | 1:56,923 | 4,146 |
| Belgium | 100% | 84 | 1:136,786 | 4,042 |
| Singapore | 100% | 82 | 1:76,671 | 7,094 |
| China | - | 55 | 1:24,837,378 | 60,674 |
| Belize | 100% | 54 | 1:6,561 | 1,181 |
| Botswana | 100% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Peru | 100% | 53 | 1:599,839 | 9,954 |
| Honduras | 100% | 39 | 1:226,089 | 4,988 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Namibia | - | 35 | 1:68,691 | 3,761 |
| Thailand | 100% | 35 | 1:2,001,880 | 55,915 |
| Hong Kong | - | 32 | 1:242,273 | 3,429 |
| Greece | 100% | 31 | 1:352,727 | 5,549 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 24 | 1:36,295 | 1,736 |
| Panama | 100% | 24 | 1:162,773 | 6,758 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Norway | 100% | 23 | 1:223,145 | 5,396 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 22 | 1:5,072 | 876 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 22 | 1:1,372,813 | 26,977 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Uganda | 100% | 19 | 1:2,155,627 | 27,415 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Benin | 100% | 18 | 1:587,547 | 18,316 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 16 | 1:1,148,717 | 30,311 |
| Grenada | 100% | 15 | 1:7,208 | 1,050 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Chile | 100% | 14 | 1:1,257,658 | 10,399 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:7,839 | 1,133 |
| Russia | 100% | 13 | 1:11,094,900 | 40,853 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| Czechia | 100% | 12 | 1:888,014 | 3,257 |
| Ecuador | - | 11 | 1:1,611,538 | 10,117 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Finland | 100% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Italy | 100% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Spain | - | 3 | 1:15,509,988 | 21,126 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Néllie (1) are calculated separately.
Nellie (76) may also be a surname.
Nellie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
NELLY. Baptismal names derived from Ellen, and sometimes from Helen.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Fruitful.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
User-submitted Reference
Nelly or Nellie are common English pet names, which are derived from the names Helen, Ellen, Petronella, Danielle, Cornelia, Eleanor, Janelle, Chanelle, Penelope or Noelia.
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Sample size: 4,196 (1901)
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