Nellie

Popularity: 95%

Meaning:

Origin: English

Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman.

Related names

Ellen , Nellie , Nelly

Other girls names beginning with N

Statistics

Overall UK ranking: 307 out of 5730

157 recorded births last year

Change in rank

10yrs

1036
5yrs

571
1yr

0

Regional popularity

Ranking for this name in various UK regions

East Midlands (180)
Yorkshire (225)
Wales (238)
England (292)
South East England (337)
London (353)
North West England (360)
South West England (417)
North East England (459)
West Midlands (492)
Scotland (806)

Historical popularity of Nellie

The graph below shows the popularity of the girls's name Nellie from all the UK baby name statistics available. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Nellie in 2018