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I've seen Melia, but I don't know if I have actually encountered Nelia before. It's pretty. I prefer it to Cornelia and Melia.

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It's very nice, if a bit nasal and buttoned up.

I'd pronounce it the same as you. It is pretty but I prefer either Celia or Nella (which is similar on paper, not in pronunciation)

It would be a good nn for Cornelia and any other names that end in it. Better than Corny.

I've known a few real ones, mostly as you rightly say nns for Cornelia (which, like Cornelius, occurs frequently among Afrikaans-speaking South Africans; here, it sounds like NEEuh-lee-uh because long vowels in Afrikaans have a neutral vowel at the end, making them more like diphthongs.

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I did know a family once who named their daughter Nelia; no mn to my knowledge. The only slight snag here is that NEE (same pronunciation) means NO. But that needn't bother you! The parents found it amusing while she was tiny. And it is a lovely name.

I knew a Nelia in school and she pronounced in NEL-euh. She used to get teased a bit in primary school, but people got over it. I think it's quite beautiful.

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