Nellie vs Nelly

Nellie

name
  • A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor or Helen; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century. 

  • A diminutive of the female given name Chanel. 

  • A diminutive of the male given name Nelson. 

Nelly

name
  • A spelling variant of Nellie, a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Helen, and Chanel. 

  • One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed. 

  • A surname. 

How often have the words Nellie and Nelly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )