Given name

Nellda

Nellda is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nellda isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nellda through the years

Babies since 1880
6
0 boys · 6 girls
Most popular year
1906
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Nellda in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1906–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1906. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Nellda’s family of names

Nellda may belong to the same name family as Nelda. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Nellda’s family in the name graph

NelldaNelda

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Nellda, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Nelie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Nettye

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Latin

Lauda

“one who is praised”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Floda

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Nicey

“one who conquers”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Narsis

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Edia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Rosilda

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nellda’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Nellda

A sister for Nellda