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in reply to a message by RDNZL
It's slang here for idiot, twit, etc: "I (did something idiotic) and I felt like a right nelly" so it's always sounded quite comical as a name to me, and I definitely wouldn't use it as a stand-alone name.
Not sure when the slang use originated - my great-grandmother, her eldest daughter and a couple of cousins were all called Nell and Nellie, short for Helena - and it may be on its way out, as Nelly and Nellie both reappeared as stand-alone names in the last two England & Wales charts. But I prefer Nell by miles, and only as an nn.
Not sure when the slang use originated - my great-grandmother, her eldest daughter and a couple of cousins were all called Nell and Nellie, short for Helena - and it may be on its way out, as Nelly and Nellie both reappeared as stand-alone names in the last two England & Wales charts. But I prefer Nell by miles, and only as an nn.
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