Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of:
People
Given name
- Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist
- Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter
- Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer
- Nell Carter (1948–2003), American singer and actress
- Nell Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author
- Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach
- Nell Freudenberger (born 1975), American novelist
- Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England
- Nell McAndrew (born 1973), English glamour model
- Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist
- Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress
- Nell Rankin (1924–2005), American opera singer
- Nell Shipman (1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter
- Nell Sigland, Norwegian heavy metal singer
Surname
- Cristal Nell (1978–2020), American bridge player
- Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger
- William Cooper Nell (1816–1874), American abolitionist and author
Fictional characters
- Nell Fenwick, from the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show TV series
- Nell Mangel, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Nell Trent, or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop
- Nell the kitchen wench, in Shakespeare's play Comedy of Errors
- Nell, short for Nellodee, the protagonist in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age
- Nell Jones, a special agent from the TV series NCIS: Los Angeles
- Nell Kellty, the protagonist in the play Idioglossia by Mark Handley and Jodie Foster's film adaptation Nell
See also
- Nella, another given name