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Help[Opinions] Re: Nell(e) and Parnell
in reply to a message by Array
I love Nell. It's one of my top 10 names, maybe top 5...I like it as a nn for Eleanor, but I also think it can stand alone. The spelling Nelle looks froofy to me. I agree with the audacious Victorian comment, and I like a lot of other names that I associate similarly -- Nancy, Aggie, Elsie, Ruby, etc.
I didn't know of the parnel-as-a-word association either, but Parnel / Parnell seems very masculine to me, although I hadn't heard of the author.
Unfortunately, I don't like the nn Nellie at all. We had a dog named Nellie when I was growing up and I just can't shake the association -- it sounds like a dog's name to me. So I'm not sure that I would actually use Nell, for that reason.
I didn't know of the parnel-as-a-word association either, but Parnel / Parnell seems very masculine to me, although I hadn't heard of the author.
Unfortunately, I don't like the nn Nellie at all. We had a dog named Nellie when I was growing up and I just can't shake the association -- it sounds like a dog's name to me. So I'm not sure that I would actually use Nell, for that reason.
This message was edited 8/17/2007, 11:49 AM
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