Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:
People
Given name Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist Nell Angloma (born 2006), French basketball player Nell Arthur (1837–1880), American First Lady Nell Ballantyne (1898–1959), Scottish actress Nell V. Beeby, Indian-born American nurse Nell Beecham, British LGBTQ rights activist Nell Benjamin, dramatist and composer Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer Nell Campbell, Australian actor and singer Nell Carter (1948–2003), American singer and actress Nell Craig, American actress Nell Dorr (1838‐1988), American photographer Nell Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach Nell Tiger Free (born 1999), English actress Nell Freudenberger (born 1975), American novelist Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England Nell Hall Williams (1933–2021), American quilter Nell Jackson (1929–1988), American Olympic sprinter and track coach Nell Jongeneel, New Zealand football player Nell Kenney, British suffragist Nell Leyshon, British writer Nell Martindale (1891–1976), American physical educator Nell McAndrew (born 1973), English glamour model Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist Nell Mescal (born 2003), Irish singer-songwriter Nell Miller, British sports player Nell Minow, American film reviewer and writer Nell I. Mondy (1921–2005), American biochemist Nell Morris-Dalton, Australian rules footballer Nell Murbarger (1909–1991), American writer Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress Nell Rankin (1924–2005), American opera singer Nell Regan, poet and writer Nell Reymond, French actress and singer Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett (1883–1972), Australian missionary Nell Rojas (born 1987), American athlete and coach Nell Ryan (1881–1959), Irish nationalist Nell Scott, American politician Nell Scovell (born 1986), American screenwriter Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer Nell Sinton (1910–1997), American painter Nell Soto, American politician Nell Tangeman, American opera singer Nell Tenhaaf, Canadian artist, teacher, and writer Nell Theobald, American actress Nell Truman, British tennis player Nell Verlaque, American Actress and singer Nell Walden, Swedish painter, art collector, and writer Nell W. Walker (1888–1962), American politician from West Virginia Nell Williams (born 1998), English actress Nell Zink, American writer and media director Nell Znamierowski, American textile artist
Surname Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author
Fictional characters Nell the kitchen wench, in Shakespeare's play Comedy of Errors Nell, short for Nellodee, the protagonist in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age Nell Fairfax, from the British soap opera Emmerdale Nell Fenwick, from the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show television series Nell Jones, a special agent from the television series NCIS: Los Angeles Nell Kellty, the protagonist in the play Idioglossia Nell Mangel, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours Nell Ruggles, a superhuman in the comic book series Squadron Supreme Nell Trent, or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop
Other uses Nell (band), South Korean band Mitsubishi G3M, a Japanese WWII medium bomber codenamed "Nell" Nell (film), a 1994 film
See also Nella Nelle Nelli Nelly (given name) Neil
