Comments for the name Nelly

It's the name of two popular stars: Nelly (the hip-hop singer) and Nelly Furtado (a singer who is actually from Portugal).

According to a Spanish site, Nelly means "God is my light" from a Hebrew origin.

This name is used in Russia occasionally.

It's also the pet form of Manuela.

In Bulgaria "Neli" (written "Nellie" or "Nelly" in English) is used as a pet form of "Nedyalka" (the stress is on the "ya"), "Nedelina" (the stress is on the [i]) and as a short form of "Nelia", "Nelia" is connected with the Bulgarian name "Anelia".

One of my favorite historic personages was George Washington's adopted granddaughter, Eleanor Parke Custis, who was affectionately called Nelly by friends and family.

I don't like the name. It doesn't sound mature, sophisticated, or dignified to me. It sounds girly and even quite old-fashioned, and it doesn't give the impression of high intelligence.

Singer Karel Gott and Ivana Macháčková have a daughter Nelly Sofie Gott, born 28th of May 2008, she weighed 3,16 Kg and she measured 49 cm.

The first thing I think about when I hear the name Nelly is Nelly Oleson (sp?) in Little House on the Prairie. What a brat.

Nelly Dean is one of the main characters in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights." Her name is technically "Ellen" but goes by both throughout the novel. Nelly is the main narrator of the tragic story of the Earnshaws and Lintons.

Nelly is the main character in Claude Sautet's final film, "Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud" (1995). In it, Nelly is played by Emmanuelle Beart.

This name is so wonderful, it's overflowing with youth and still maintaining maturity, especially when its original form, Nell/e is used. It also reminds me of Nelly (Nellie?) Lovett from Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd, which is a plus for me.

I like this name, but I prefer the spelling Nellie, which looks way prettier and feminine to me, and it doesn't remind me of horrible singers like nelly and nelly furtado