Nell

Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:

Given name

 * Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist
 * Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter
 * Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer
 * Nell Tiger Free (born 1999), English actress
 * 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 Mescal (born 2003), Irish singer-songwriter
 * 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 Scott, American politician
 * Nell Sinton (1910–1997), American painter
 * Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter
 * Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer

Surname

 * Cristal Nell (1978–2020), American bridge player
 * Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger
 * William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author

Fictional characters

 * 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
 * Nell Jones, a special agent from the TV series NCIS: Los Angeles
 * Nell Kellty, the protagonist in the play Idioglossia by Mark Handley and Jodie Foster's film adaptation Nell

Other uses

 * Nell (band), South Korean band
 * Mitsubishi G3M, Japanese WWII medium bomber, codenamed "Nell"