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Nellis at a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- Western numerology
- 8
- Indian numerology
- 2
- Characters
- 6
- Popular
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Number meaning for Nellis
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What does Nellis mean?
Nellis is a baby name with Greek context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Light.
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Nell
Unisex
English
Champion; Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one
185 family views
Nell
Unisex
English
Champion; Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one
185 family views
Ellis
Boy
Indian
Form of Elijah; Kind; My God is Jehovah From a surname derived from a medieval variant of Elias from Elijah; The Lord is My God; Variant of Elias: The Greek form of the Hebrew Elijah, meaning Jehovah is God
148 family views
Nellie
Girl
English
Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Horn; the bright one
200 family views
Nelly
Girl
English
Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one; Horn
141 family views
Brother names
Brothers for Nellis
Nell
Unisex
English
Champion; Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one
185 family views
Ellis
Boy
Indian
Form of Elijah; Kind; My God is Jehovah From a surname derived from a medieval variant of Elias from Elijah; The Lord is My God; Variant of Elias: The Greek form of the Hebrew Elijah, meaning Jehovah is God
148 family views
Sister names
Sisters for Nellis
Nell
Unisex
English
Champion; Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one
185 family views
Nellie
Girl
English
Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Horn; the bright one
200 family views
Nelly
Girl
English
Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one; Horn
141 family views
Phillis
Girl
Greek
green bough; Loving Can also be a variant of Phyllis: Leafy foliage
86 family views
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Nellie
Girl
English
Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Horn; the bright one
200 family views
Nelly
Girl
English
Diminutive of Eleanor, derived from the Greek Helen; Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman; Diminutive of Helen: Shining light The bright one; Horn
141 family views
Amaryllis
Girl
Indian
Fresh; poetically used to mean 'a simple shepherdess or country girl', often given to country girls in classic literary works of Virgil and Ovid; Sparkling; Sparkling A flower name after the lily-like plants called Amaryllis
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