Nell

For other uses, see Nell (disambiguation).

Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:

People

Given name

• Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist
• Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter
• Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer
• Nell Carter (1948–2003), American singer and actress
• Nell Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author
• Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach
• Nell Freudenberger (born 1975), American novelist
• Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England
• Nell McAndrew (born 1973), English glamour model
• Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist
• Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress
• Nell Rankin (1924–2005), American opera singer
• Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter
• Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer

Surname

• Cristal Nell (1978–2020), American bridge player
• Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger
• William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author

Fictional characters

• Nell Fenwick, from the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show TV series
• Nell Mangel, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Nell Trent, or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop
• 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 Jones, a special agent from the TV series NCIS: Los Angeles
• Nell Kellty, the protagonist in the play Idioglossia by Mark Handley and Jodie Foster's film adaptation Nell

See also

• Nella, another given name