Name
ELLA

Name ELLA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 526,325 births of Ella in the countries below, which represents an average of 3,707 births of children bearing the first name Ella per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 14,865 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Ella   
In Italiano Nome Ella   
Available variants : Ella- , Ellá , Élla , Èlla
Variations : Eleanor , Eléanor , Éléanor


Information about the first name Ella

We celebrate Ella on February 1st
The first name Ella is listed in our categories :The first name Ella has been assigned to:
0.04% to boys
99.96% to girls
The country where the first name Ella is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Ella

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Ella : Alle, Elal, Lael, Laël, Läel, Lale, Lále, Lâle, Leal, Lela, Léla

Anacyclics of the first name Ella

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Ella: Alle

Ella in Japanese *

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Katakanaエラ
Hiraganaえら
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Ella in Japanese
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Ella in sign language

Ella in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Ella

US English
Etymology src :
  • A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.
Anagrams src :
  • Leal, Lela, leal
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə
Proper noun src :
  • Ella
  • A female given name.
  • Diminutive of Eleanor or Ellen
  • Clipping of Gabriella or Daniella.
  • A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
  • An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Ellie
General
Pronoun src :
  • Ella f
  • (formal, polite) Alternative letter-case form of ella (“you”)
  • Synonym: Lei
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • Ella is the 58th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 11,820 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,954 more), and also belongs to 6 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronoun src :
  • ella (plural ellas, masculine él, masculine plural ellos)
  • she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
  • it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
Pronunciation src :
  • (Colombia)
  • Syllabification: e‧lla
Aragonese
Etymology src :
  • From Latin illa, feminine of ille.
Pronoun src :
  • ella
  • she
PT Portuguese
Pronoun src :
  • ella f
  • Obsolete spelling of ela
Icelandic
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse ella, shortened from earlier elligar. Compare ellegar.
Adverb src :
  • ella
  • else, or else, otherwise
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtla
Adverb (Synonyms) src :
  • (else): annars, ellegar
SE Swedish
Anagrams src :
  • alle
Proper noun src :
  • Ella c (genitive Ellas)
  • a female given name, similar to English Ella. Contraction of Edla.
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).
Anagrams src :
  • alle
Pronoun src :
  • ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)
  • (literary, subject form) she
  • Synonym: lei
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈel.la/
  • Rhymes: -ella
  • Hyphenation: él‧la
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: Èl‧la
Pronoun (Usage notes) src :
  • The term has largely fallen out of use in the spoken language, in favour/favor of the oblique form lei.
Pronoun (Usage notes) src :
  • Highly elevated variant of Lei.
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • Shortening of Elisabeth. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.laː/
  • Hyphenation: El‧la
Proper noun src :
  • Ella f
  • a female given name
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • Originally a diminutive form of Elina, Elisabet, etc.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈelːɑ/, [ˈe̞lːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -elːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): El‧la
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Elli
DK Danish
Proper noun src :
  • Ella
  • a female given name, similar to English Ella
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Elly
DE German
Proper noun src :
  • Ella
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Ella
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Elli, Elly
 

Popularity of the name Ella

Number of ELLA births per year

Total births of Ella by country

Births with the first name Ella
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
182
330,746
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
65,115
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
2
26,569
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
14,985
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
9,740
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
9,350
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
3
8,078
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
7,321
FIFinland
2003 - 2022
0
7,150
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
3
6,583
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
6,088
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
6,024
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
5,965
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
3,587
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
3,407
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
3,148
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
3,056
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1
2,789
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
0
2,268
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
0
1,198
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
0
734
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
0
376
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
0
344
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
2
325
CASKSaskatchewan
2013 - 2022
0
302
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
300
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
285
HRCroatia
2018 - 2022
0
116
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
0
72
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
64
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
40
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
7

Total births of Ella by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Ella
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
6,243
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
1,756
AUAustralia
2022
0
1,016
FRFrance
2022
0
832
DEGermany
2022
1
633
SESweden
2022
0
547
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
448
DKDenmark
2022
0
442
ATAustria
2021
0
405
ONOntario
2019
0
394
NONorway
2022
0
326
BEBelgium
2022
0
299
NLNetherlands
2022
0
279
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
243
IEIreland
2022
0
240
FIFinland
2022
0
235
NZNew Zealand
2022
0
157
BCBritish Columbia
2022
0
95
ABAlberta
2022
0
79
QCQuebec
2022
0
68
ITItaly
2021
0
43
SISlovenia
2022
0
25
NSNew Scotland
2022
0
23
PLPoland
2022
0
18
LVLatvia
2022
0
8
CLChili
2021
0
6
ARArgentina
2015
0
4

Comments on the name Ella

Personalities with the first name Ella

There are 81 personalities with the first name Ella


Ella Fitzgerald
(Ella Jane Fitzgerald) src

United states of america
Jazz musician Recording artist Composer Conductor Singer Singer-songwriter Bandleader Film actor


Ella Baker
(Ella Josephine Baker) src

United states of america
Civil rights advocate Women's rights activist


Ella Henderson
src

United kingdom
Singer Singer-songwriter Recording artist


Ella Raines
src

United states of america
Actor Television actor Film actor


Ella Purnell
src

United kingdom
Actor Stage actor Model Film actor


Ella Balinska
(Ella Pascale Balinska-Emmott) src

United kingdom
Actor Film actor


Ella Wheeler Wilcox
src

United states of america
Writer Poet


Ella Eyre
(Ella Mary Mcmahon) src

United kingdom
Singer Singer-songwriter Recording artist


Ælle
src

Kingdom of northumbria
Sovereign


Ella Asbeha
src

Kingdom of aksum
Sovereign



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Ella
Full list of personalities with the first name Ella

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Ella

There are 1214 actors and actresses with the first name Ella
Ella Simone Tabu
Ella Geitzen
Ella Anderson
Ella Frey
Ella Greenwood
Ella Bleu Travolta
Ella Rappich
Ella Hollywood
Ella Cruz
Ella Guevara
Ella Wahlestedt
Ella Ganslandt
Ella Cannon
Ella Gwendolyn Pienkoss
Ella Peel
Ella Purnell
Ella Henderson
Ella Banks
Ella Reese
Ella Watkins
Ella Rumpf
Ella Eyre
Ella Brawen
Ella Nova
Ella Rae Peck
Ella Dvornik
Ella Mielniczenko
Ella Jones
Ella Risin
Ella Leyers

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Ella
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Ella

Rankings of first name ELLA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#10837DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#1DK Denmark2022
#3SE Sweden2022
#4NO Norway2022
#8AU Australia2022
#11ON Ontario2019
#13BE Belgium2022
#13NZ New Zealand2022
#14IE Ireland2022
#16CH Switzerland2021
#17AT Austria2021
#18NS New Scotland2022
#20BC British Columbia2022
#20GB United Kingdom2021
#25AB Alberta2022
#25US United State of America2022
#29CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#32FI Finland2022
#43NL Netherlands2022
#66FR France2022
#80SI Slovenia2022
#89QC Quebec2022
#98DE Germany2022
#174LV Latvia2022
#295PL Poland2022
#350IT Italy2021
#910CL Chili2021
#990AR Argentina2015