as a First Name
Of Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. It was originally a short form of any of various compound names containing ali ‘other, foreign’ (compare Eleanor). It is now often taken to be a variant or pet form of Ellen. It was famously borne by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), and has become increasingly popular in Britain since the 1990s.
| 621st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 74,543
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 186,462
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Ella per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
99.98%
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30%
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6%
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1%
13-29
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63%
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