Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian usage, Nello is a diminutive of Aniello. In Italian usage, Nello is a diminutive of AGNELLO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nello through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 955
- 937 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 53 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 420 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.
Nello’s family of names
In Italian usage, Nello is a diminutive of Aniello. In Italian usage, Nello is a diminutive of Antonello. In Italian usage, Nello is a diminutive of AGNELLO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
People named Nello
- Nello Celiomember of the Swiss Federal Council (1914-1995)
- Nello SantiItalian conductor (1931-2020)
- Nello LaurediFrench cyclist (1924–2001)
- Nello TroggiItalian bicycle racer (1912-1944)
- Nello FabbriItalian cyclist1934–2020
- Nello CiaccheriItalian cyclist (1893–1971)
- Nello RosselliItalian politician (1900-1937)
- Nello RossatiItalian screenwriter and film director1942–2009
- Nello SantinItalian footballer and managerborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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