as a First Name
Modern coinage from the first syllable of Louise + the productive suffix -ella (an Italian or Latinate feminine diminutive). It is particularly associated with the Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons (1880–1972).
| 2,215th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,995
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Louella per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
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