Nelly and Nellie are female given names, also used as nicknames, which are derived from the names Helen, Ellen, Petronella, Danielle, Cornelia, Eleanor, Janelle, Chanelle, Penelope, Elizabeth, Rachel, Natalie or Noelia.
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Men with the name
Nellie Briles (1943–2005), American baseball player
Nelly Cruz (born 1980), Dominican-American professional baseball player
Nellie Fox (1927–1975), American professional baseball player
Nelly, stage name of American rapper Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.
Nelly Junior Joseph (born 2001), Nigerian basketball player
Nellie King (1928–2010), American baseball player and radio announcer
Nellie Metcalf (1890–1982), American football player, coach, and administrator
Don Nelson (born 1940), American basketball coach and player nicknamed "Nellie"
Nellie Pott (1899–1963), American baseball player
Nellie Rodríguez (born 1994), American professional baseball player
Fictional characters
Nellie, subject of the 1956 song "Nellie the Elephant" and Nellie the Elephant (TV series)
Nelly, the legal guardian and 'aunt' to Vladimir Tod in The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod written by Heather Brewer
Nellie Bertram, a character from The Office (U.S.), played by Catherine Tate
Nellie Brie, from the film An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Nellie Crain, from the Netflix limited series The Haunting of Hill House, played by Victoria Pedretti
Nelly Dean, in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights
Nellie Forbush, heroine of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific
Nellie Gray, ally of The Avenger
Nellie O'Malley, a character from the American Girl series
Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, known as Nel Tu, a small, good-natured, character in the manga Bleach
Nellie Oleson, from the Little House on the Prairie children's books and TV series
Nellie Pledge, a fictional character in the Granada Television series Nearest and Dearest, played by Hylda Baker
Nel Rawlison, in Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel In Desert and Wilderness