Ñëll
surname · Latin script
Ñëll is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Medieval short form of Eleanor, pEllen, and pHelen. For the initial N-, compare Nan and pNed.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 12Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 15Kfew records
- SGSingapore≈1 in 24Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 381 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈20,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Nell in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Medieval short form of Eleanor, pEllen, and pHelen. For the initial N-, compare Nan and pNed. It was the name by which Charles II’s mistress Eleanor Gwyn (1650-87) was universally known to her contemporaries, and at about that time it also became established as an independent name. Pet forms: Nellie, Nelly.
Cited for this meaning 6
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ñëll counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Nell | 2 |
| US United States | — | 7,222 | 1 in 46K | 7.1K | Nell | 381 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 16 | Nell | 151 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Nell | 7 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 3.3K | — | 4 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 2 | Nell | 90 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 56 | Nell | 28 |
| IE Ireland | #468 | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Nell | 31 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Nell | 18 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ñëll mean, and where does it come from?
- Medieval short form of Eleanor, pEllen, and pHelen. For the initial N-, compare Nan and pNed. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Ñëll have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Ñëll in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nell.
- How common is the name Ñëll?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,222 people named Ñëll in 2020, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.
- How common is Ñëll compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Ñëll is the 468th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ñëll” — the 468th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.