Nelly vs Root

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. 

Root

name
  • An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”). 

  • A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. 

  • A river in Wisconsin, United States. 

  • A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name. 

  • A town in New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root. 

  • A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)). 

  • An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player. 

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