"Form of Nelly"
The name Neli is commonly a female name from the "Greek" origin.
Neli is a respelling of Nelly, the English short form of Eleanor and Helen, with the final y written as i. The substitution does not change the pronunciation, so the name is the same one recorded elsewhere as Nelly or Nellie.
Nelly means "Horn-coloured, Horn blower, The cornell tree. The feminine form of Cornelius.".
The pronunciation of Neli is NEL-ee.
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