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Nellie

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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 6 · observations: 8

Candidate data 1.0.0. Unknown values have not been filled with guesses.

Language information

Dictionary information and other contexts are kept separate. A statistical territory does not establish the language of a name; a classification does not determine a person's gender.

Dictionary contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
English	Female	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: English. Source category: Female. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "attribution_id": "attr:a5a24063-bfa8-5450-b90d-e48adab10693", "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:1ec9d2de-9488-5ef6-a54a-7d83a52a4d7b", "country": null, "definition_qualifications": [ { "kind": "source_usage_note", "source_text": "popular as a formal [[given name]] at the turn of the 20th century", "value_basis": "source_reported" } ], "evidence_id": "ev:0025ab4c-50d4-56c0-87e3-175365b2dddd", "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "gender": "female", "language": "en", "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section", "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0", "release_ready": false, "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim", "text": "Nellie", "value_basis": "source_reported" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
English	Female	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: English. Source category: Female. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "attribution_id": "attr:a5a24063-bfa8-5450-b90d-e48adab10693", "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:54e04615-8f2b-5434-a128-1e1b2d0a5fd3", "country": null, "definition_qualifications": [ { "kind": "source_definition_label", "source_text": "{{lb\|en\|rare}}", "value_basis": "source_reported", "values": [ "rare" ] } ], "evidence_id": "ev:a94dd450-180c-58b4-adcb-83096ae9df0d", "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "gender": "female", "language": "en", "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section", "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0", "release_ready": false, "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim", "text": "Nellie", "value_basis": "source_reported" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
English	Male	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: English. Source category: Male. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "attribution_id": "attr:a5a24063-bfa8-5450-b90d-e48adab10693", "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:556e2667-286e-5e6f-bff0-79e34b1af410", "country": null, "definition_qualifications": [ { "kind": "source_definition_label", "source_text": "{{lb\|en\|rare}}", "value_basis": "source_reported", "values": [ "rare" ] } ], "evidence_id": "ev:e0d0e5d2-0418-5bd3-bc62-921b6d3f26a0", "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "gender": "male", "language": "en", "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section", "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0", "release_ready": false, "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim", "text": "Nellie", "value_basis": "source_reported" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Language

Gender in source

Basis

Evidence

English

Female

Usage evidence

Evidence

Language: English. Source category: Female. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person.

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Technical details and JSON

Original claim

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    "attribution_id": "attr:a5a24063-bfa8-5450-b90d-e48adab10693",
    "basis": "usage_evidence",
    "context_id": "ctx:1ec9d2de-9488-5ef6-a54a-7d83a52a4d7b",
    "country": null,
    "definition_qualifications": [
        {
            "kind": "source_usage_note",
            "source_text": "popular as a formal [[given name]] at the turn of the 20th century",
            "value_basis": "source_reported"
        }
    ],
    "evidence_id": "ev:0025ab4c-50d4-56c0-87e3-175365b2dddd",
    "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc",
    "gender": "female",
    "language": "en",
    "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section",
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "release_ready": false,
    "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim",
    "text": "Nellie",
    "value_basis": "source_reported"
}

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English

Female

Usage evidence

Evidence

Language: English. Source category: Female. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person.

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Technical details and JSON

Original claim

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    "attribution_id": "attr:a5a24063-bfa8-5450-b90d-e48adab10693",
    "basis": "usage_evidence",
    "context_id": "ctx:54e04615-8f2b-5434-a128-1e1b2d0a5fd3",
    "country": null,
    "definition_qualifications": [
        {
            "kind": "source_definition_label",
            "source_text": "{{lb|en|rare}}",
            "value_basis": "source_reported",
            "values": [
                "rare"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "evidence_id": "ev:a94dd450-180c-58b4-adcb-83096ae9df0d",
    "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc",
    "gender": "female",
    "language": "en",
    "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section",
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "release_ready": false,
    "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim",
    "text": "Nellie",
    "value_basis": "source_reported"
}

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English

Male

Usage evidence

Evidence

Language: English. Source category: Male. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person.

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Technical details and JSON

Original claim

{
    "attribution_id": "attr:a5a24063-bfa8-5450-b90d-e48adab10693",
    "basis": "usage_evidence",
    "context_id": "ctx:556e2667-286e-5e6f-bff0-79e34b1af410",
    "country": null,
    "definition_qualifications": [
        {
            "kind": "source_definition_label",
            "source_text": "{{lb|en|rare}}",
            "value_basis": "source_reported",
            "values": [
                "rare"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "evidence_id": "ev:e0d0e5d2-0418-5bd3-bc62-921b6d3f26a0",
    "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc",
    "gender": "male",
    "language": "en",
    "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section",
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "release_ready": false,
    "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim",
    "text": "Nellie",
    "value_basis": "source_reported"
}

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Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Dutch	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: Dutch. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:7eb3348a-a931-53fd-9efc-07981972fdb4", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:bf9079b3-34c6-5420-9d59-a221354721c8", "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "gender": "unknown", "language": "nl" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Female	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:9f188e4d-bdf9-592d-bcea-782e6e5ba36f", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:fdfd06ea-0694-5783-b725-4e201e686554", "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Female	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Female. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:91fd822e-3c38-57d7-bf2c-778cb379db46", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:321814f7-8825-567e-99e5-531ee9812656", "form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "gender": "female", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 6

From	To	Type	Evidence
Nellie	Nelly	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:b75b7b2f-3ec2-5b9b-b41e-a41e3b3496ab", "from_form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:76dabd20-23a8-5e63-929b-fb063d5e54af", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:4a797488-0b69-5c9b-99d2-8aaa2bc8c873" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nellie	Nelle	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:e63d8656-b4f3-58e6-8979-6b102db8cb32", "from_form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:79eb10dd-9db3-5f00-bdfa-58e4f5b38193", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:bf1816ae-cb7f-5dad-9d0f-942b10fb7850" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nellie	Nelie	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:ea1c4114-3f2d-5dc0-82f0-c3e10e935020", "from_form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:2bbdf85b-7c22-5355-bf6d-7349ef0ddbd7", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:460921e8-9fb9-5222-8d77-3d757f745003" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nellie	Nelli	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:2fbe5c99-ea92-5ff4-8dd1-5fa8afadfa4d", "from_form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:26c45f2f-0ac1-53ae-841a-0e90b1a454ae", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:178c2af9-ef33-501e-9a6f-e4f404fb89ad" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nellie	Nélie	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:96889b5b-e471-5058-815b-d9a174b17f32", "from_form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:30554d2b-19e6-5cff-9145-9b9a547aeaf9", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:2321f71c-82b4-5f37-9607-c93341f4b68d" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nellie	Nellien	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:854da38c-68c6-513e-900e-f7c3a73fdf01", "from_form_id": "frm:2d37e87b-2e73-5727-9049-3da92847d0bc", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:fd5cfda3-012d-5fb6-8903-78a207cb95bc", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:97bdd806-532a-5777-90ea-706cf45b0fa6" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 8

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Female	Not available	567
Germany	2023	Female	Not available	3
England and Wales	2025	Female	Not available	458
Cologne	2010	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2011	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2015	Female	Not available	3
Cologne	2016	Female	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Female	Not available	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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        "country": "US",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "deterministic_sum_of_source_counts",
        "published_count": 567,
        "reported_sex": "female",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            2150339
        ],
        "source_ref": "US",
        "year": 2025
    },
    {
        "country": "DE",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "deterministic_sum_of_source_counts",
        "published_count": 3,
        "reported_sex": "female",
        "source_csv_rows": [
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        ],
        "source_ref": "DE",
        "year": 2023
    },
    {
        "country": "GB",
        "geography": "England and Wales",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "population_scope_ref": "girls-2025.xlsx:Notes!A6:B6",
        "published_count": 458,
        "published_rank": 101,
        "rank_quality": "consistent_with_published_counts",
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        "source_csv_rows": [
            48339
        ],
        "source_ref": "GB",
        "year": 2025
    },
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        "evidence_id": "ev:321814f7-8825-567e-99e5-531ee9812656",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
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        "resolved_text": "Nellie",
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        "source_csv_rows": [
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        "source_observation_id": "obs:41c4163d-adab-5f60-a0b2-f6968200f529",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "w",
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        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2010
    },
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        "source_reported_sex": "w",
        "source_text": "Nellie",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2011
    },
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        "evidence_id": "ev:62fc4a76-71ec-5f5f-8f4c-e76947a31a54",
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        "year": 2015
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        "year": 2016
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]

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Usage context: Dutch · Not specified · Usage evidence

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Source classification

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Usage context: Not specified · Female · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Dictionary context: English · Female · Usage evidence

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Dictionary context: English · Male · Usage evidence

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Provenance of the record «Nellie»

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Relationship «Nellie → Nelly»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nellie → Nelle»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nellie → Nelie»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nellie → Nelli»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nellie → Nélie»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nellie → Nellien»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Female · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2016 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Female · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Field and compound-status provenance

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}

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