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Around the world, Nely (Nely , Нели , نيلي ) is a common female given name. The forename Nely is characteristic of Bolivia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Peru, and Bulgaria. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. Very seldom, Nely is the last name as well as the forename.
Nely is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nellie Oleson , the fictional 19th-century American woman, rival of Laura Ingalls in the Little House series, Little House on the Prairie; Nelly Dean , the fictional character in the novel Wuthering Heights; Nellie Bertram , the fictional character from The Office; Nellie De Donder , character in Wittekerke and Nelly , the character in Olivier Assayas' film Clouds of Sils Maria, among other works.