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Updated: June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Short for Nelson; singing

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian (mainly Tuscany) : patronymic from the personal name Nello, a short form of a personal name formed with the hypocoristic suffix -ello following the final consonant -n, for example Antonello, Brunello, Giovannello.

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