Nelly and Nellie are

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Women with the name

* Nelly Artin Kalfayan (born 1949), Egyptian-Armenian entertainer, actress and presenter * Nelly Arcan (1973–2009), Canadian writer, born Isabelle Fortier * Nellie Barsness (1873–1966), American physician * Nelly Beltrán (1925–2007), Argentine actress, born Nélida Dodó López Valverde * Nelly Ben-Or (born 1933), Polish concert pianist and professor * Nelly Blair (1759–1820), later Nelly Smith, sometimes suggested as being Scottish poet Robert Burns' first love (see also Nelly Kilpatrick) * Nellie Bly (1864–1922), American journalist * Nellie H. Bradley (c.1838–1927), American writer of plays and songs in support of the temperance movement * Nellie Bushell (1884–1948, Irish textile artist and political activist. * Nellie Moyer Budd (1860–1944), American music teacher * Nellie Marie Burns (ca. 1850–1897), American actor and poet * Nelly Carrillo Tarazona de Espinoza (1927–2017), Peruvian herpetologist * Nelly Ciobanu (born 1974), Moldovan singer * Ellen Crocker (1872–1962) also known as 'Nellie' or 'Nelly', British suffragette * Nellie Farren (1848–1904), English actress and singer *

Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado ( , ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Critics have noted ...

(born 1978), Canadian singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer * Nelly Armande Guillerm, birth name of Violette Verdy (1933–2016), French ballerina, choreographer, teacher, dance company director and writer * Nelly Garzón Alarcón (1932–2019), Colombian nurse, teacher * Nellie Shaw Harnar (1905–1985), American historian and educator * Nellie A. Hope (1864–1918), American violinist, music teacher, orchestra conductor * Nelly Karim (born 1974), Egyptian actress, model and ballerina * Nelly Kilpatrick, later Nelly Bone (1759–1820), possibly Robert Burns' first love and muse (see also Nelly Blair) * Nellie Kim (born 1957), Soviet gymnast * Nelly Korda (born 1998), American golfer * Nelly Láinez (1920–2008), Argentine comedic actress * Nelly Landry (1916–2010), French tennis player, 1948 French Open champion * Nellie McClung (1873–1951), Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist *

Nellie McKay Eleanora Marie McKay (born April 13, 1982) is an English–American singer and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in ''The Threepenny Opera#United States 2, The Threepenny Opera'' (2006). Early life and education McKay was born in London ...

(born 1982), British-born American singer-songwriter and actress * Nellie V. Mark (1857–1935), American physician and suffragist * Nelly Nichol Marshall (1845–1898), American author * Nelly Mazloum (1929–2003), Egyptian actress, choreographer, dancer and dance teacher * Nellie Melba (1861–1931), Australian opera soprano * Nellie Lisa Melles, 2nd Baroness Burton (1873–1962), British aristocrat * Nellie Burget Miller (1875–1952), American poet, writer, clubwoman, and lecturer * Nellie Morrice (1881–1963), Australian army and bush nurse administrator * Nelly Núñez (1948–2021), Bolivian politician * Nelly Olin (1941–2017), Minister of Environment in France (2005–07) * Nellie Roberts (1872–1959), British botanical artist * Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), first American woman state governor * Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), German poet and dramatist awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, born Leonie Sachs * Nellie R. Santiago (born 1943), New York state senator * Nellie George Stearns (1855–1936), American artist and teacher of art * Eleanor Nellie Stewart (1858–1931), Australian actress and singer * Nelly Such (born 1992), Hungarian handballer * Nelly Tagar (born 1982), Israeli actress and stand-up comedian * Nellie Teale (1900–1993), American naturalist * Nelly Ternan or Nelly Robinson, names used for Ellen Ternan (1839–1914), English actress, mistress of Charles Dickens * Nelly Thüring (1875–1972), Swedish politician, one of the first women elected to the Swedish parliament * Nellie van Kol (1851–1930), Dutch feminist, educator, and children's author * Nelly Viennot (born 1962), French football referee * Nelly Walker, birth name of Nella Larsen (1891–1964), American modernist novelist * Nelly Wicky (1923–2020), Swiss Labour Party politician and former member of the Swiss National Council * Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), Chinese dancer and lady-in-waiting in Qing imperial court

Men with the name

* Nellie Briles (1943–2005), American baseball player * Nelly Cruz (born 1980), Dominican-American professional baseball player * Nellie Fox (1927–1975), American professional baseball player *

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and embarked on his musical career in 1993 as a member of the Midwest hip hop g ...

, stage name of American rapper Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. * Nelly Junior Joseph (born 2001), Nigerian basketball player * Nellie King (1928–2010), American baseball player and radio announcer * Nellie Metcalf (1890–1982), American football player, coach, and administrator * Don Nelson (born 1940), American former basketball coach and player nicknamed "Nellie" * Nellie Pott (1899–1963), American baseball player * Nellie Rodríguez (born 1994), American professional baseball player

Fictional characters

* Nellie, subject of the 1956 song "

Nellie the Elephant "Nellie the Elephant" is a children's song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional anthropomorphic elephant of that name. Original version The original version, released on Parlophone R 4219 in October 1956, was record ...

" and ''Nellie the Elephant'' (TV series) * Nelly, the legal guardian and 'aunt' to Vladimir Tod in The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod written by Heather Brewer *

Nellie Bertram Nellie Bertram is a fictional character on the American comedy television series ''The Office'', portrayed by Catherine Tate. She first appears as a guest star in the seventh season, where she interviewed for the Regional Manager position at the D ...

, a character from ''The Office'' (U.S.), played by

Catherine Tate Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC Two, BBC sketch comedy series ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (2004–2007), as well as bein ...

* Nellie Brie, from the film '' An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster'' * Nellie Crain, from the Netflix limited series ''

The Haunting of Hill House ''The Haunting of Hill House'' is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films ( ''The Haunting'', directed by Robert Wise, and its rema ...

'', played by

Victoria Pedretti Victoria Pedretti (born March 23, 1995) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for starring in the Netflix horror series ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) and '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), which established her as a s ...

Nelly Dean ''Wuthering Heights'' is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the L ...

, in Emily Brontë's novel ''Wuthering Heights'' * Nellie Forbush, heroine of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''South Pacific'' * Nellie Gray, ally of The Avenger * Nellie O'Malley, a character from the

American Girl American Girl is an American line of dolls released on May 5, 1986, by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray eight- to fourteen-year-old girls of various ethnicities, faiths, nationalities, and social classes throughout different time periods ...

series * Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, known as Nel Tu, a small, good-natured, character in the manga ''

Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...

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Nellie Oleson Nellie Oleson is a fictional character in the Little House series of autobiographical children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was portrayed by Alison Arngrim in the NBC television show ''Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Lit ...

, from the ''Little House on the Prairie'' children's books and TV series * Nellie Pledge, a fictional character in the Granada Television series ''

Nearest and Dearest ''Nearest and Dearest'' is a British television sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1973. A total of 45 episodes were made, 18 in monochrome (black & white) and 27 in colour. The series, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, starred Hyl ...

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Hylda Baker Hylda Baker (4 February 1905 – 1 May 1986) was an English comedian, actress and music hall performer. Born and brought up in Farnworth, Lancashire, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Nellie Pledge in the Granada ITV sitcom ' ...

* Nel Rawlison, in

Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish epic writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as The Trilogy, the Trilogy series and especially ...

's novel ''

In Desert and Wilderness ''In Desert and Wilderness'' () is a popular young adult novel by the Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, written in 1911. It is the author's only novel written for children/teenagers. It tells the story of two you ...

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