Nelli
# Nelli

Nelli is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

## Given name

* Nelli Abramova (born 1940), Jewish former Soviet competitive female
* Nelli Chervotkina (born 1965), former pair skater for the Soviet Union
* Cornelli Nelli Cooman (born 1964), former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin
* Nelli Korovkina (born 1989), Russian footballer
* Nelli Korbukova, Soviet female sprint canoer
* Nelli Laitinen (born 2002), Finnish ice hockey player
* Nelli Neumann (1886–1942), German mathematician who worked in synthetic geometry
* Nelli Shkolnikova (1928–2010), Russian Jewish classical violinist
* Nelli Tarakanova (born 1954), Ukrainian rower and medalist
* Nelli Uvarova (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
* Nelli Voronkova (born 1972), Belarusian hurdler
* Nelli Zhiganshina (born 1987), Russian-born German ice dancer

## Surname

### Pre-modern era

* Fabio Nelli (1533–?), Spanish banker
* Francesco Nelli (fl. 1363), Italian secretary of bishop Angelo Acciaioli and friend of Francesco Petrarca
* Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444), Italian painter
* Pietro Nelli (1672–after 1730), Italian painter of the late Baroque period
* Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence, Italy

### Modern era

* Alessandro Nelli (1842–?), Italian founder of the Fonderia Nelli, active in Rome
* Carlos Nelli (1902–1994), Brazilian athlete
* Gabriele Nelli (born 1993), Italian male volleyball player
* Herva Nelli (1909–1994), Italian-American operatic soprano
* Renat Nelli (1906-1982), French-born leading Occitan author
* Victor Nelli Jr., American television director and producer
