Given name

Nellija

“a woman graced with God's favor”

Nellija is a diminutive of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Nellija is a diminutive of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”

Explained through its name family

How it developed

In Latvian usage, Nellija is a diminutive of Anna. In Latvian usage, Nellija is a diminutive of Eleonora.

Nellija’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Nellija is a diminutive of Anna. In Latvian usage, Nellija shares a linguistic root with the English form Nelly. In Latvian usage, Nellija is a diminutive of Eleonora.

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NellijaAnnaEleonoraHelēnaKornēlijaNelly

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Nicknames & forms 4

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

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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