as a First Name
Medieval short form of Eleanor, Ellen, and Helen. For the initial N-, compare Nan and Ned. It was the name by which Charles II's mistress Eleanor Gwyn (1650–87) was universally known to her contemporaries, and at about that time it also became established as an independent name.
| 1,194th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,866
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Nell per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
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3%
30-54
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0.51%
13-29
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0.97%
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