Nellie as a girls' name has its roots in Latin, Greek and English, and the meaning of the name Nellie is "horn; other, foreign; sun ray". Nellie is an alternate spelling of Cornelia (Latin): feminine of the Roman surname Cornelius. Nellie is also a derivative of Eleanor (Old French, Old German). More @Wikipedia
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