Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Neli is a romanization of ნელი. ნელი comes from English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 0 boys · 319 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,436 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +78%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,436 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,120 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Neli’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Neli is a transliteration of Нели. In Georgian usage, Neli is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ნელი. In Georgian usage, Neli is a transliteration of ნელი.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Neli
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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