Nell
Short for Eleanor
Nell is a female given name, a diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen, or Helen.
It was common in earlier centuries and appears frequently in period literature and folk songs.
The name carries an old-fashioned, somewhat rustic charm: Little Nell, Sweet Nell of Old Drury.
Story's central figure
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- orphanChild whose parents died
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
virtue · tragic · Victorian · sentimental · pathos · melodrama · waif · purity
Feminine name meaning bright
- EllenFemale name, Greek origin
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- given namePersonal name from birth
forename · identity · moniker · appellation · namesake · christening · baptismal · Victorian
Old valued collectible
- retroEvoking recent past
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- VictorianOf a prim era
Edwardian · period · timeless · classic · heritage · traditional · bygone · yesteryear
protagonist
Story's central figure
innocence · virtue · tragic · Victorian · sentimental · pathos · melodrama · waif · purity · suffering
Eleanor
Feminine name meaning bright
- EllenFemale name, Greek origin
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
given name · forename · identity · moniker · appellation · namesake · christening · baptismal · Victorian · Edwardian
antique
Old valued collectible
- retroEvoking recent past
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
Victorian · Edwardian · period · timeless · classic · heritage · traditional · bygone · yesteryear · heirloom
- BombersB-17, B-24, B-25, B-29, B-52
- EleanorEleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Elinor, Eleanor Rigby
- negative NellyHabitual pessimist or complainer
- Nelly Furtado
- whoa, NellyExclamation urging restraint
- Nervous NellieExcessively anxious person
- Nellie Bly