Nelly Forename
1,019th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 910,410 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Uruguay
Nelly Forename Definition:
A female name. a pet-form of Ellen, Eleanor, and Helen (qq.v.). Nel or Nell is not uncommon in medieval records, and though it is often a man’s name (Neil), it is also sometimes a woman’s. Nell Gwyn’s name was Eleanor.
Read More About This ForenameNelly Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 100% | 85,150 | 1:561 | 98 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 84,931 | 1:869 | 172 |
| Peru | 100% | 67,394 | 1:472 | 76 |
| Ecuador | - | 54,358 | 1:326 | 60 |
| Kenya | 100% | 53,963 | 1:858 | 171 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 51,242 | 1:589 | 76 |
| Argentina | 100% | 48,354 | 1:885 | 187 |
| Philippines | 99% | 43,008 | 1:2,465 | 493 |
| France | 100% | 41,421 | 1:1,605 | 242 |
| Mexico | 100% | 38,072 | 1:3,261 | 449 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 29,175 | 1:8,842 | 1,193 |
| Chile | 100% | 21,774 | 1:809 | 174 |
| United States | 100% | 21,553 | 1:16,821 | 1,475 |
| South Africa | 99% | 18,781 | 1:2,904 | 525 |
| Egypt | 100% | 16,505 | 1:5,568 | 626 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 16,304 | 1:650 | 157 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14,272 | 1:805 | 186 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 11,457 | 1:3,971 | 172 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11,370 | 1:301 | 69 |
| Zambia | - | 10,922 | 1:1,452 | 299 |
| Burundi | 67% | 10,862 | 1:912 | 282 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10,842 | 1:758 | 165 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 9,426 | 1:18,838 | 1,968 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 8,509 | 1:6,204 | 962 |
| Honduras | 100% | 7,186 | 1:1,227 | 214 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,139 | 1:5,296 | 835 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 6,455 | 1:1,616 | 264 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 5,831 | 1:1,241 | 312 |
| Brazil | 100% | 5,558 | 1:38,546 | 2,950 |
| Madagascar | - | 5,441 | 1:4,343 | 912 |
| Ghana | 67% | 5,338 | 1:5,055 | 636 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,825 | 1:3,503 | 590 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,593 | 1:2,476 | 533 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,357 | 1:4,960 | 775 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,642 | 1:26,545 | 1,058 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,241 | 1:1,471 | 290 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 3,130 | 1:2,605 | 298 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3,107 | 1:1,811 | 369 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,952 | 1:2,039 | 377 |
| Israel | 100% | 2,785 | 1:3,017 | 582 |
| Uganda | 90% | 2,706 | 1:15,136 | 1,345 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,696 | 1:2,352 | 322 |
| Gabon | - | 2,646 | 1:712 | 140 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,624 | 1:5,878 | 878 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,222 | 1:1,598 | 219 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,099 | 1:15,785 | 1,560 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 2,072 | 1:14,696 | 1,550 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,638 | 1:3,058 | 501 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,631 | 1:2,395 | 483 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,566 | 1:3,277 | 480 |
| Liberia | 91% | 1,516 | 1:2,910 | 406 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,513 | 1:30,753 | 1,544 |
| England | 100% | 1,356 | 1:41,005 | 2,077 |
| Malawi | 78% | 1,311 | 1:13,053 | 1,344 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,260 | 1:12,784 | 984 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,230 | 1:8,015 | 754 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,092 | 1:532 | 105 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Czechia | 94% | 1,071 | 1:9,950 | 445 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1,029 | 1:8,139 | 968 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| Russia | 99% | 962 | 1:149,931 | 2,482 |
| Italy | 99% | 878 | 1:69,547 | 1,575 |
| Poland | 89% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Morocco | 100% | 682 | 1:50,365 | 2,091 |
| Haiti | 100% | 617 | 1:17,386 | 1,514 |
| Denmark | - | 599 | 1:9,432 | 819 |
| Botswana | 100% | 586 | 1:3,728 | 665 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 540 | 1:1,045 | 216 |
| Cuba | - | 508 | 1:22,651 | 1,123 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 485 | 1:63,477 | 2,171 |
| Swaziland | - | 461 | 1:2,820 | 593 |
| Portugal | - | 452 | 1:23,033 | 1,042 |
| Benin | 100% | 404 | 1:26,178 | 2,556 |
| Finland | 100% | 402 | 1:13,640 | 916 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Jordan | 100% | 365 | 1:24,183 | 1,140 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 339 | 1:68,071 | 4,626 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Armenia | 98% | 314 | 1:9,295 | 832 |
| French Polynesia | - | 292 | 1:952 | 213 |
| Palestine | 100% | 289 | 1:15,744 | 978 |
| Greece | 100% | 259 | 1:42,218 | 1,558 |
| India | 100% | 256 | 1:4,745,617 | 184,797 |
| Thailand | 100% | 252 | 1:278,039 | 16,186 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 217 | 1:1,245 | 280 |
| Iraq | 100% | 193 | 1:181,440 | 3,305 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Australia | - | 175 | 1:78,044 | 3,137 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 159 | 1:111,615 | 3,253 |
| China | - | 146 | 1:9,356,546 | 59,579 |
| Moldova | 100% | 146 | 1:24,391 | 672 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Austria | 100% | 124 | 1:68,663 | 1,749 |
| Jamaica | - | 122 | 1:23,633 | 1,808 |
| Namibia | - | 121 | 1:19,869 | 1,835 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 115 | 1:62,191 | 5,548 |
| Belize | 100% | 103 | 1:3,440 | 764 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Syria | - | 94 | 1:205,384 | 2,347 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Singapore | 89% | 86 | 1:73,105 | 7,027 |
| Estonia | 100% | 83 | 1:15,848 | 1,495 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 81 | 1:25,185 | 3,048 |
| Bulgaria | - | 78 | 1:89,620 | 3,344 |
| Qatar | 100% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| Belarus | 90% | 75 | 1:126,432 | 1,227 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 75 | 1:316,929 | 22,586 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 73 | 1:251,774 | 10,522 |
| Hungary | 100% | 69 | 1:141,910 | 870 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 66 | 1:37,254 | 1,776 |
| Yemen | - | 61 | 1:431,094 | 2,248 |
| New Zealand | - | 53 | 1:85,586 | 3,840 |
| Hong Kong | - | 50 | 1:155,054 | 3,086 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Scotland | 100% | 46 | 1:116,312 | 2,597 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:1,281 | 172 |
| Guyana | 100% | 39 | 1:19,571 | 2,427 |
| Ireland | 99% | 38 | 1:122,198 | 2,794 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Guinea | - | 35 | 1:338,818 | 2,866 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 33 | 1:20,512 | 1,526 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 33 | 1:165,845 | 1,456 |
| Wales | 100% | 30 | 1:103,144 | 2,492 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Senegal | 96% | 28 | 1:520,763 | 6,618 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 20 | 1:482,147 | 10,073 |
| Monaco | 100% | 20 | 1:1,923 | 383 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Romania | 100% | 19 | 1:1,055,367 | 22,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Georgia | 100% | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Croatia | 100% | 16 | 1:263,567 | 4,024 |
| Curaçao | - | 13 | 1:11,985 | 645 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 13 | 1:67,006 | 2,311 |
| Turkey | 100% | 13 | 1:5,984,747 | 24,872 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 10 | 1:136,142 | 8,486 |
| Chad | 50% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 8 | 1:746,660 | 19,030 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Oman | 100% | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 5 | 1:105,830 | 3,482 |
| Lithuania | - | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Nélly (7) & Nellý (1) are calculated separately.
Nelly (5,878) may also be a surname.
Nelly Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a pet-form of Ellen, Eleanor, and Helen (qq.v.). Nel or Nell is not uncommon in medieval records, and though it is often a man’s name (Neil), it is also sometimes a woman’s. Nell Gwyn’s name was Eleanor.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
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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Nelly Demographics
Nelly Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 30 (2016)
Religious Adherence
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Nelly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nelly in the Russian language | ||
| Неллы | nelly | - |
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