Meaning & History
Diminutive of NELL.
Related Names
VariantNelly(English)
Other Languages & CulturesShelena(African American) Helena, Helene(Ancient Greek) Elaine(Arthurian Romance) Alena(Belarusian) Elena, Eleonora(Bulgarian) Helena(Catalan) Helena, Jelena(Croatian) Helena, Alena, Elen, Helenka, Lenka(Czech) Elin, Ellinor, Helen, Helena, Helene, Eli, Eline, Ella, Elna, Lena, Lene, Nora(Danish) Eleonora, Heleen, Helena, Eline, Ellen, Heleentje, Noor, Noortje, Nora(Dutch) Elena, Elina, Helen, Helena, Jelena, Leena(Estonian) Eliina, Elina, Helena, Eleonoora, Ella, Elli, Heleena, Heli, Leena, Nelli, Noora(Finnish) Aliénor, Eléonore, Hélène, Léna(French) Elene(Georgian) Elena, Eleonora, Eleonore, Helena, Helene, Lore, Alena, Ella, Lena, Lene, Leni, Leonore, Nora(German) Elena, Eleni, Eleonora, Lena(Greek) Helen, Helena, Helene(Greek Mythology) Eleonóra, Heléna, Léna, Nóra(Hungarian) Helena(Icelandic) Léan(Irish) Elena, Eleonora, Ileana, Leonora, Lora, Lorita, Nora, Norina(Italian) Eleonora, Elīna, Helēna, Jeļena, Elēna, Ina, Līna, Nora(Latvian) Noor, Noortje(Limburgish) Elena, Jelena(Lithuanian) Elena(Macedonian) Elin, Ellinor, Helen, Helena, Helene, Eli, Eline, Ella, Elna, Lena, Lene, Nora(Norwegian) Alienòr(Occitan) Eleonora, Helena, Helenka, Lena(Polish) Helena, Leonor, Lena(Portuguese) Elena, Ileana, Ilinca, Lenuța(Romanian) Elena, Eleonora, Yelena, Nelli(Russian) Elene(Sardinian) Eilionoir, Eilidh(Scottish) Jelena(Serbian) Elena, Eleonóra, Helena, Alena, Lenka(Slovak) Helena, Jelena, Alena, Alenka, Ela(Slovene) Helena(Sorbian) Elena, Ileana, Leonor(Spanish) Eleonora, Olena(Ukrainian) Elen, Elin(Welsh)
Popularity
People think this name is
classic natural wholesome refined
Categories
American Girl characters, currently out of the US top 1000, D H Lawrence characters, diminutives, Discworld characters, Downton Abbey characters, ends in -lie, first ladies of the USA, His Dark Materials characters, Nintendo characters, The Legend of Zelda characters, The Office US characters, unisex
