Nelli

Nelli is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

• Nelli Abramova (born 1940), Jewish former Soviet competitive female
• Nelli Chervotkina (born 1965), former pair skater for the Soviet Union
• Cornelli Nelli Cooman (born 1964), former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin
• Nelli Korovkina (born 1989), Russian footballer
• Nelli Korbukova, Soviet female sprint canoer
• Nelli Laitinen (born 2002), Finnish ice hockey player
• Nelli Neumann (1886–1942), German mathematician who worked in synthetic geometry
• Nelli Shkolnikova (1928–2010), Russian Jewish classical violinist
• Nelli Tarakanova (born 1954), Ukrainian rower and medalist
• Nelli Uvarova (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
• Nelli Voronkova (born 1972), Belarusian hurdler
• Nelli Zhiganshina (born 1987), Russian-born German ice dancer

Surname

Pre-modern era

• Fabio Nelli (1533–?), Spanish banker
• Francesco Nelli (fl. 1363), Italian secretary of bishop Angelo Acciaioli and friend of Francesco Petrarca
• Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444), Italian painter
• Pietro Nelli (1672–after 1730), Italian painter of the late Baroque period
• Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence

Modern era

• Alessandro Nelli (1842–?), Italian founder of the Fonderia Nelli, active in Rome
• Carlos Nelli (1902–1994), Brazilian athlete
• Gabriele Nelli (born 1993), Italian male volleyball player
• Herva Nelli (1909–1994), Italian-American operatic soprano
• Renat Nelli (1906–1982), French-born leading Occitan author
• Victor Nelli Jr., American television director and producer

See also

• Nelly (disambiguation), also lists entries for Nellie
• Nelliy Yefremova (1962–2019), Soviet sprint canoer
• Neli (disambiguation)