Nelly/Nellie

[msindesisive1]

That's it really, just after general consenses on the name Nelly/Nellie thinking Nelle quite nice as nn?!

[ScarletForYa]

I love it. Especially Nell.

[IoraRua]

Oh I don't like. Reminds me of elephants, can't quite put my finger on why.
I do like elephants but not when linked to baby names...

[josette]

Nell is beautiful and I think it will age well and then use Nelly as a nn if you want.

[Swollenankles83]

I know a fabulous Nellie - short for Fenella. Love it.

[HirplesWithHaggis]

My granny (born 1902) was a Nellie, it was a nickname for Helen.

[thebiscuitindustry]

I like Nell, but not Nellie/Nelly.

[WhereYouLeftIt]

Nellie the elephant
Packed her trunk
And said goodbye to the circus.
Off she trumped
With a trumpety trump,
Trump, trump, trump.

You really want your daughter to be treated to that song every time she enters a room? Maybe not from the off, but I can guarantee during he teenaged years she would grow to HATE her name.

Nope, Not on your Nelly.

See? Too many references to the name in popular culture.

[Ellieboolou27]

My daughter is named Ellen after her grandmother, we always called grandmother Nellie and Ellen has nn nell, so..... I love it, dd is almost 4 and yet to meet another Ellen

[NorksAreMessy]

I love Nellie and Nell
I had a Dutch pal called Petronella who was a Nell...very exotic!

[IoraRua]

So that's why I thought of elephants whereyou - that bloody song! God I'd forgotten all about it.

[cornishglos]

I love it.

[villainousbroodmare]

IMO you have it the wrong way around. I'd have Nelle (or Ellen or Helen or Fenella or Elena or Eleanor or any of those elegant proper names) as the name, and Nelly/ Nellie for a nickname. Otherwise... not on your nelly!

[VinceNoirLovesHowardMoon]

Nelly as a full name - no way. As a nickname it's ok, not great.

[Artandco]

I love Nell

I have never heard of a song nor elephant song regarding Nellie so I doubt it's that of an issue.

[CoffeeCoffeeAndLotsOfIt]

Thought of the nelly the elephant song just reading the title.

Call her Nelly if you like, but I'd name her something else (helen / Ellen)

[ClashCityRocker]

Nellie the elephant here too.

Although I think Nellie or Nell works as a nickname not as a given name.

[ClashCityRocker]

Saying that I have grand memories of a Nelly (male) taking me to my first punk gig.

I'm not sure why he was called nelly though. I think his real name was Steve.

[EmpressOfTheVulvaCupcakes]

Agree, sorry - Nell is great as a nickname for Helena, Eleanor, Fenella etc but Nelly / Nellie definitely doesn't work as a name in its own right.

[Murphyslaw21]

To be honest my friend at school was called Nellie then one day in assembly we were told she was now to be called Kelly. She had been given nick name smelly Nellie.

My other friend called her little girl Nellie and she is 7. She is also nick named Nellie Nellie. My friend is so upset. And thinking of changing it to ellenor . Obviously unrelated friends.

[UntilTheCowsComeHome]

My goddaughter is a Nellie. As she gets older it's starting to become Nell more and more.

Nellie is sweet for a little girl, Nell is lovely for a teen and adult woman IMO.

[MrsMoggy]

My friend is Narelle, she's nicknamed Nell

[GColdtimer]

My dd is Polly. Some people like whereyouleftit told me everyone would sing Miss Polly had a dolly or Polly put the kettle on to her all the time. It's never happened.

Live Nell/Nellie - would probably name her Helen or Eleanor though to give her a choice.

[Shanster]

Don't do it! My name is Eleanor and all through school I was called 'smelly nelly' and regularly heard the 'Nelly the Elephant' song.

[mathanxiety]

I love it. Very Dutch.
I know someone whose given name is Petronella, nn Nellie.

Nell makes me think of 'death knell'.

[Qwebec]

The only Nelly i know is the singer of

"It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes" [music]

but he is rather forgotten now