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Throughout the world, Neely (Neely , نيلي , 尼利 ) is quite a rare unisex given name. The first name Neely is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare feminine name, and Lebanon. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Egypt. More prevalently, Neely is the last name as well as the forename.
Neely is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Neely O'Hara ; Nelly Dean , the fictional character in the novel Wuthering Heights and Nelly , the character in Olivier Assayas' film Clouds of Sils Maria.