Släkthistoria för Nell
Nell Vad efternamn betyder
Dutch and German: from the personal name Nel a shortened form of Cornelius. South German: nickname from Middle High German nelle ‘crown of the head’ perhaps denoting an obstinate person. English: from the Middle English personal name Nelle. This may sometimes have been a variant of Nele (Nigellus see Neal) but it was probably more often a pet form of the commoner name Elias (see Ellis) with a prosthetic N-.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
