Nel

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Gender Masculine

Usage Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Asturian

Meaning & History

Diminutive of Manuel and Manel 1.

Added 8/15/2016 by LMS
Edited 12/7/2024 by navarretedf, Mike C, Frollein Gladys and more

Gender Feminine

Usage Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)

Meaning & History

Short form of Cornelia and Petronella.

Added 3/11/2019 by LionB3
Edited 12/30/2021 by Frollein Gladys, Evil and LionB3

Gender Feminine

Usage Welsh

Pronounced Pron. N-eh-l [key]

Meaning & History

A Welsh language modification of Nell, believed to be a medieval diminutive of names beginning with El, such as Eleanor, Ellen or Helen, meaning "bright, shining one". It may also have arisen from the medieval affectionate phrase mine El, which was later reinterpreted as my Nel.

Added 1/15/2025 by SianH