Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:
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
Ed Nell (born 1978), English disc jockey
Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger
William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author
Nell (band), South Korean band
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
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