# Nell

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'''Nell''' is a traditional nickname for [Eleanor](/source/Eleanor). '''Nell''' is the name of:
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==People==
===Given name===
* [Nell (artist)](/source/Nell_(artist)) (born 1975), Australian artist
* [Nell Angloma](/source/Nell_Angloma) (born 2006), French basketball player
* [Nell Arthur](/source/Nell_Arthur) (1837–1880), American First Lady
* [Nell Ballantyne](/source/Nell_Ballantyne) (1898–1959), Scottish actress
* [Nell V. Beeby](/source/Nell_V._Beeby), Indian-born American nurse
* [Nell Beecham](/source/Nell_Beecham), British LGBTQ rights activist
* [Nell Benjamin](/source/Nell_Benjamin), dramatist and composer
* [Nell Blaine](/source/Nell_Blaine) (1922–1996), American painter
* [Nell Bryden](/source/Nell_Bryden) (born 1977), American singer
* [Nell Campbell](/source/Nell_Campbell), Australian actor and singer
* [Nell Carter](/source/Nell_Carter) (1948–2003), American singer and actress
* [Nell Craig](/source/Nell_Craig), American actress
* [Nell Dorr](/source/Nell_Dorr) (1838‐1988), American photographer
* [Nell Dunn](/source/Nell_Dunn) (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author
* [Nell Fortner](/source/Nell_Fortner) (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach
* [Nell Tiger Free](/source/Nell_Tiger_Free) (born 1999), English actress
* [Nell Freudenberger](/source/Nell_Freudenberger) (born 1975), American novelist
* [Nell Gwyn](/source/Nell_Gwyn) (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England
* [Nell Hall Williams](/source/Nell_Hall_Williams) (1933–2021), American quilter
* [Nell Jackson](/source/Nell_Jackson) (1929–1988), American Olympic sprinter and track coach
* [Nell Jongeneel](/source/Nell_Jongeneel), New Zealand football player
* [Nell Kenney](/source/Nell_Kenney), British suffragist
* [Nell Leyshon](/source/Nell_Leyshon), British writer
* [Nell Martindale](/source/Nell_Martindale) (1891–1976), American physical educator
* [Nell McAndrew](/source/Nell_McAndrew) (born 1973), English glamour model
* [Nell McCafferty](/source/Nell_McCafferty) (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist
* [Nell Mescal](/source/Nell_Mescal) (born 2003), Irish singer-songwriter
* [Nell Miller](/source/Nell_Miller), British sports player
* [Nell Minow](/source/Nell_Minow), American film reviewer and writer
* [Nell I. Mondy](/source/Nell_I._Mondy) (1921–2005), American biochemist
* [Nell Morris-Dalton](/source/Nell_Morris-Dalton), Australian rules footballer
* [Nell Murbarger](/source/Nell_Murbarger) (1909–1991), American writer
* [Nell O'Day](/source/Nell_O'Day) (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress
* [Nell Rankin](/source/Nell_Rankin) (1924–2005), American opera singer
* [Nell Regan](/source/Nell_Regan), poet and writer
* [Nell Reymond](/source/Nell_Reymond), French actress and singer
* [Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett](/source/Eleanor_Harriett_(Nell)_Rivett) (1883–1972), Australian missionary
* [Nell Rojas](/source/Nell_Rojas) (born 1987), American athlete and coach
* [Nell Ryan](/source/Nell_Ryan) (1881–1959), Irish nationalist
* [Nell Scott](/source/Nell_Scott), American politician
* [Nell Scovell](/source/Nell_Scovell) (born 1986), American screenwriter
* [Nell Shipman](/source/Nell_Shipman) (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter
* [Nell Sigland](/source/Nell_Sigland), Norwegian heavy metal singer
* [Nell Sinton](/source/Nell_Sinton) (1910–1997), American painter
* [Nell Soto](/source/Nell_Soto), American politician
* [Nell Tangeman](/source/Nell_Tangeman), American opera singer
* [Nell Tenhaaf](/source/Nell_Tenhaaf), Canadian artist, teacher, and writer
* [Nell Theobald](/source/Nell_Theobald), American actress
* [Nell Truman](/source/Nell_Truman), British tennis player
* [Nell Verlaque](/source/Nell_Verlaque), American Actress and singer
* [Nell Walden](/source/Nell_Walden), Swedish painter, art collector, and writer
* [Nell Williams](/source/Nell_Williams) (born 1998), English actress
* [Nell Zink](/source/Nell_Zink), American writer and media director
* [Nell Znamierowski](/source/Nell_Znamierowski), American textile artist

===Surname===                                                                                          
                                                                                                             
* [Jeremy Nell](/source/Jeremy_Nell) (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger
* [William Cooper Nell](/source/William_Cooper_Nell) (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author

==Fictional characters==
* Nell the kitchen wench, in Shakespeare's play ''[Comedy of Errors](/source/Comedy_of_Errors)''
* Nell, short for Nellodee, the protagonist in Neal Stephenson's ''[The Diamond Age](/source/The_Diamond_Age)''
* [Nell Fairfax](/source/Nell_Fairfax), from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale''
* [Nell Fenwick](/source/Nell_Fenwick), from the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'' television series
* [Nell Jones](/source/Nell_Jones), a special agent from the television series ''NCIS: Los Angeles''
* Nell Kellty, the protagonist in the play ''[Idioglossia](/source/Idioglossia_(play))''
* [Nell Mangel](/source/Nell_Mangel), from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
* [Nell Ruggles](/source/Nell_Ruggles), a superhuman in the comic book series ''Squadron Supreme''
* [Nell Trent](/source/Nell_Trent), or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' ''The Old Curiosity Shop''

==Other uses==
* [Nell (band)](/source/Nell_(band)), South Korean band
* [Mitsubishi G3M](/source/Mitsubishi_G3M), a Japanese WWII medium bomber codenamed "Nell"
* [Nell (film)](/source/Nell_(film)), a 1994 film

==See also==
* [Nella](/source/Nella)
* [Nelle](/source/Nelle)
* [Nelli](/source/Nelli)
* [Nelly (given name)](/source/Nelly_(given_name))
* [Neil](/source/Neil)

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Category:Feminine given names
Category:Hypocorisms

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