Nellia
Just 81 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. From Greek, it means "light" or "torch".
Nellia Pronunciation
Nellia is pronounced NELL-yah (/ˈnɛllja/).
What Nellia means
Where Nellia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nellia comes from Greek. Its short meaning is light, a torch held up in the dark. The name keeps close company with nela and nella, the two variants a Polish register will show side by side.
Greek left Europe a wide vocabulary for fire and brightness, and Nellia sits inside that field of light. The sense of a torch is old. A torch was a practical thing, wood and flame, before it became a word for a person who lights the way. Nellia took that meaning without any single hero to pin it to.
The forms stay flexible.
On an imieniny, a girl marked as Nela in the class register may hear the fuller Nellia read out once, then fold back to Nela for the rest of the day. The meaning underneath both holds. Light, and the torch that gives it.
How many people are named Nellia
1 in 278319 women in Poland is named Nellia. 81 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3943 among female names.
Nellia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.