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I like Nell & think it's fine as an nn for any name with nel in it: Penelope, Fenella, Helen(a) etc. It's had some use as a full name here recently, so I don't see it as dated, more as fitting in with the current trend for turn-of the-century name-revivals.
Cornelia doesn't have the nel sound where I live, but I don't see any reason why Nell couldn't work if you wanted it too, and I prefer it to Cora

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Norn is too close to Norman and Norm to sound female to me, but I get the interestingness, and hey, anything goes in fantasy.