Ella

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Ella (countable and uncountable, plural Ellas)

1. A female given name.
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:

     She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […]

   1. Diminutive of Eleanor or Ellen
   2. Clipping of Gabriella or Daniella.
2. A placename
   1. A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
   2. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

• Leal, Lela, leal

From English Ella.

Ella

1. a female given name from English

Ella

1. a female given name, similar to English Ella

• Elly

Shortening of Elisabeth. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.laː/

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• Hyphenation: El‧la

Ella f

1. a female given name

Ella f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Ella: Elluson
• daughter of Ella: Elludóttir

Originally a diminutive form of Elina, Elisabet, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈelːɑ/, [ˈe̞lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): El‧la

Ella

1. a female given name, similar to English Ella

• Elli

• Ella is the 58^th 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.

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Ella

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Ella

• Elli, Elly

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: Èl‧la

Ella f

1. (formal, polite) Alternative letter-case form of ella (“you”)

   Synonym: Lei

• Highly elevated variant of Lei.

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Ella

1. a female given name, similar to English Ella

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Ella m

1. a male given name

Note that even though Ella is a feminine ōn-stem proper noun, its natural gender is masculine.

Ella n (plural Ellren)

1. age

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Ella c (genitive Ellas)

1. a female given name, similar to English Ella. Contraction of Edla.

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