Gender Feminine
Usage Dutch, Polish

Meaning & History

Short form of Petronella, Cornelia and other names containing nel. Nel Rawlinson is a British girl in the Polish novel In Desert and Wilderness (1911) by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Related Names

VariantsCorrie, Corry, Lia, Lieke, Neeltje, Cokkie(Dutch) Nela, Anielka(Polish)
Masculine FormsCornelis, Cornelius, Kerneels(Dutch) Kornel, Korneliusz(Polish)
Other Languages & CulturesAnxhela(Albanian) Cornelia, Petronia(Ancient Roman) Anzhela, Angelina(Armenian) Anzhela, Anhelina(Belarusian) Anzhela, Korneliya, Angelina(Bulgarian) Àngela, Àngels(Catalan) Anielka(Central American) Anđela, Anđelka, Kornelija, Anđa(Croatian) Anděla, Kornélie, Nela(Czech) Pernille(Danish) Angel, Angela, Cornelia, Parnel, Pernel, Peronel, Petronel, Angelia, Angelina, Angelle, Angie, Lina(English) Nele(Estonian) Nele(Flemish) Angèle, Ange, Angeline, Cornélie, Pétronille(French) Ánxela, Xela(Galician) Angela, Cornelia, Kornelia, Angelina, Cora, Kora, Lia, Lina, Nele, Nelly(German) Angela, Angelina(Greek) Angéla, Kornélia, Petronella, Ella, Nelli(Hungarian) Aingeal(Irish) Angela, Cornelia, Petronilla, Angelina, Angiola, Lina(Italian) Angela, Petronilla(Late Roman) Anelė, Angelė, Kornelija(Lithuanian) Angela, Angelina(Macedonian) Anahera(Maori) Pernille(Norwegian) Ângela, Angelina, Lina(Portuguese) Angela, Cornelia, Petronela(Romanian) Angela, Anzhela, Angelina, Anzhelina(Russian) Ànghela(Sardinian) Anđela, Anđelka, Andjela, Kornelija, Anđa, Angelina(Serbian) Angela, Kornélia, Petronela, Nela(Slovak) Angela, Kornelija, Neli(Slovene) Ángela, Ángeles, Petronila, Angelina, Angelita, Lina(Spanish) Petronella, Angelina, Pernilla(Swedish) Anzhela, Anhelina(Ukrainian)
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Entry added May 30, 2025