Girl name origins & meanings Latin : Horn; feminine form of CorneliusGreek : MercyEnglish : By the alder treeIrish : ChampionGreek : Stone Girl name variations Cornelia Cornell Cornel Cornalia Corneelija Cornela Cornelija Cornelya Corelie Cornella Cornelle Cornie Korneelia Korneelya Kornelia Kornelija Kornelya Neel Neely Nela Nelia Nella Nellie Nelly Neal Eleanor Eleanore Eleanora Elinor Elinore Ellie Leonore Leonora Eliana Elana Elanor Elanore Elenor Elenore Eleonor Elianore Ellenor Ellinor Ellinore Elynor Elanie Nelda Neldah Nellda Nelle Boy name origins & meanings English : Short for Nelson; singing Boy name variations Nellie Nellee Nelli Nells Nelly Family name origins & meanings Dutch and German : from the personal name Nel, a reduced form of Cornelius.South German : nickname from Middle High German nelle ‘crown of the head’, perhaps denoting an obstinate person.English : from the Middle English personal name Nel(le), a variant of Neill. Famous people who gave their babies this name Joanne Woodward Paul Newman