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Nelly/Nellie

35 replies

msindesisive1 · 17/02/2016 18:47

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

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IoraRua · 17/02/2016 19:21

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

NorksAreMessy · 17/02/2016 19:20

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

Ellieboolou27 · 17/02/2016 19:19

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

WhereYouLeftIt · 17/02/2016 19:18

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.

thebiscuitindustry · 17/02/2016 19:18

I like Nell, but not Nellie/Nelly.

HirplesWithHaggis · 17/02/2016 19:17

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

Swollenankles83 · 17/02/2016 19:12

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

josette · 17/02/2016 19:09

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

IoraRua · 17/02/2016 18:57

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

ScarletForYa · 17/02/2016 18:57

I love it. Especially Nell.

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