Nance vs Nelly

Nance

name
  • A diminutive of the female given name Nancy. 

  • A Cornish surname. 

verb
  • To act in an effeminate manner. 

noun
  • nancyboy 

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 Nance and Nelly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )