Ella Forename
Approximately 269,624 people bear this name
Ella Forename Definition:
A female name. the Norman-French christian name Ela, Ella, or Ala which was fairly common in England from the Conquest till about the middle of the 14th C, was probably derived from Old German Alia, a f. name from the root alja ‘all’. It was one of the medieval names revived in the later 19th C by the Pre-Raphaelite writers, and has come into general use again.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 91,240 | 1:3,973 | 623 |
| Germany | 100% | 27,875 | 1:3,468 | 431 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 16,444 | 1:15,687 | 2,232 |
| Philippines | 99% | 14,205 | 1:7,463 | 1,104 |
| England | 100% | 9,474 | 1:5,869 | 580 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 8,453 | 1:5,383 | 200 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,807 | 1:6,985 | 1,290 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,255 | 1:3,257 | 735 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,204 | 1:6,367 | 908 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5,049 | 1:1,952 | 306 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,274 | 1:3,955 | 648 |
| Finland | 100% | 4,273 | 1:1,283 | 272 |
| Malawi | 97% | 3,913 | 1:4,373 | 671 |
| India | 76% | 3,326 | 1:365,267 | 32,101 |
| Denmark | - | 3,067 | 1:1,842 | 308 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3,028 | 1:3,519 | 291 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,806 | 1:671 | 130 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 2,465 | 1:9,361 | 1,030 |
| Australia | - | 2,456 | 1:5,561 | 701 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 2,407 | 1:12,790 | 1,460 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,366 | 1:2,169 | 386 |
| Ghana | 50% | 2,191 | 1:12,317 | 1,115 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,175 | 1:2,303 | 372 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,972 | 1:5,363 | 894 |
| Chad | 75% | 1,854 | 1:7,335 | 1,171 |
| China | - | 1,676 | 1:815,069 | 31,909 |
| Poland | 98% | 1,461 | 1:26,028 | 866 |
| Nigeria | 69% | 1,433 | 1:123,911 | 6,456 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 1,357 | 1:38,901 | 3,124 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,206 | 1:177,642 | 8,256 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,145 | 1:13,471 | 1,675 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,000 | 1:70,066 | 6,720 |
| Colombia | 100% | 963 | 1:49,615 | 2,253 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 948 | 1:8,664 | 941 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 908 | 1:33,535 | 3,014 |
| Scotland | 100% | 888 | 1:6,025 | 528 |
| Romania | 100% | 856 | 1:23,425 | 1,600 |
| Armenia | 100% | 830 | 1:3,517 | 503 |
| New Zealand | - | 809 | 1:5,607 | 752 |
| Latvia | 100% | 743 | 1:2,713 | 361 |
| Jamaica | - | 698 | 1:4,131 | 711 |
| Austria | 100% | 694 | 1:12,268 | 693 |
| Hungary | 100% | 679 | 1:14,421 | 362 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Russia | - | 631 | 1:228,580 | 3,240 |
| France | 100% | 558 | 1:119,122 | 2,433 |
| Estonia | 100% | 556 | 1:2,366 | 489 |
| Egypt | 100% | 542 | 1:169,559 | 6,605 |
| Ireland | 100% | 490 | 1:9,477 | 697 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 489 | 1:37,586 | 2,826 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 484 | 1:19,923 | 1,899 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78% | 478 | 1:17,055 | 1,696 |
| Liberia | 99% | 470 | 1:9,387 | 896 |
| Zambia | - | 448 | 1:35,390 | 2,517 |
| Haiti | 100% | 400 | 1:26,817 | 2,070 |
| Wales | 100% | 397 | 1:7,794 | 722 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 393 | 1:1,478 | 280 |
| Spain | 100% | 378 | 1:123,095 | 3,221 |
| Namibia | - | 374 | 1:6,428 | 884 |
| Bahamas | - | 324 | 1:1,233 | 299 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 313 | 1:7,855 | 787 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 308 | 1:19,394 | 2,430 |
| Peru | 100% | 269 | 1:118,184 | 3,948 |
| Belgium | 100% | 236 | 1:48,687 | 2,420 |
| Hong Kong | - | 210 | 1:36,918 | 2,421 |
| Chile | 93% | 202 | 1:87,164 | 2,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 200 | 1:35,760 | 3,364 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 174 | 1:136,607 | 14,328 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 172 | 1:30,872 | 617 |
| Argentina | 100% | 171 | 1:250,136 | 2,710 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 171 | 1:431,740 | 15,753 |
| Qatar | 100% | 171 | 1:13,857 | 2,164 |
| Cameroon | 66% | 165 | 1:130,973 | 6,305 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Italy | 100% | 151 | 1:404,385 | 4,604 |
| Iraq | 100% | 150 | 1:233,452 | 3,757 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Mexico | 100% | 140 | 1:886,746 | 7,639 |
| Georgia | 97% | 138 | 1:27,090 | 1,691 |
| Algeria | - | 122 | 1:312,924 | 3,842 |
| Afghanistan | 87% | 116 | 1:281,237 | 6,199 |
| Lebanon | 70% | 115 | 1:48,935 | 2,333 |
| Greece | 100% | 112 | 1:97,630 | 2,653 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 97 | 1:19,002 | 963 |
| Iceland | 89% | 86 | 1:4,256 | 542 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 82 | 1:368,316 | 10,881 |
| Croatia | 100% | 79 | 1:53,381 | 1,787 |
| Honduras | 100% | 77 | 1:114,513 | 3,475 |
| Singapore | 100% | 75 | 1:83,827 | 7,183 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 64 | 1:958 | 205 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 62 | 1:21,958 | 2,521 |
| Uganda | 94% | 61 | 1:671,425 | 13,738 |
| Panama | 100% | 60 | 1:65,109 | 3,855 |
| Greenland | - | 58 | 1:972 | 218 |
| Moldova | 100% | 57 | 1:62,476 | 998 |
| Israel | - | 50 | 1:168,058 | 5,688 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 50 | 1:120,367 | 3,870 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 50 | 1:144,736 | 2,868 |
| Belize | 100% | 46 | 1:7,702 | 1,298 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 41 | 1:71,997 | 1,311 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:1,228 | 277 |
| Mauritania | 84% | 40 | 1:102,381 | 3,995 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Burundi | - | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 35 | 1:97,932 | 2,563 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Guyana | 100% | 33 | 1:23,129 | 2,720 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 32 | 1:3,430 | 618 |
| Senegal | 100% | 31 | 1:470,366 | 6,283 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 28 | 1:6,351 | 1,010 |
| Barbados | - | 26 | 1:11,146 | 1,138 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 26 | 1:682,571 | 8,734 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Bermuda | - | 24 | 1:2,701 | 544 |
| Niger | 50% | 24 | 1:799,333 | 13,611 |
| El Salvador | - | 23 | 1:275,730 | 3,338 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Kenya | - | 21 | 1:2,205,100 | 20,622 |
| Turkey | 100% | 21 | 1:3,704,843 | 19,450 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 18 | 1:388,355 | 6,963 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Vietnam | - | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Abkhazia | 92% | 15 | 1:16,228 | 1,011 |
| Japan | - | 15 | 1:8,532,404 | 32,965 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 14 | 1:145,714 | 11,276 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Guatemala | - | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | 100% | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Ellä (11), Élla (2) & Ellà (1) are calculated separately.
Ella (33,009) may also be a surname.
Ella Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the Norman-French christian name Ela, Ella, or Ala which was fairly common in England from the Conquest till about the middle of the 14th C, was probably derived from Old German Alia, a f. name from the root alja ‘all’. It was one of the medieval names revived in the later 19th C by the Pre-Raphaelite writers, and has come into general use again.
Ella Curia Regis Rolls 1196, 1200. Ela Curia Regis Rolls 1210-12, Feudal Aids 1284, 1303, 1346. Ala Curia Regis Rolls 1210-12. Hele Feudal Aids 1346. Elia Feudal Aids 1346.
A female name. the Norman-French christian name Ela, Ella, or Ala which was fairly common in England from the Conquest till about the middle of the 14th C, was probably derived from Old German Alia, a f. name from the root alja ‘all’. It was one of the medieval names revived in the later 19th C by the Pre-Raphaelite writers, and has come into general use again.
Ella Curia Regis Rolls 1196, 1200. Ela Curia Regis Rolls 1210-12, Feudal Aids 1284, 1303, 1346. Ala Curia Regis Rolls 1210-12. Hele Feudal Aids 1346. Elia Feudal Aids 1346.
As m., it is long obsolete and indubitably A. -S. Ælla, ‘ elf-friend’; but in C19-20, it is only f. and may be a quite independent word,—in short, it may be a fusion of Ellen and Helena (It. Elena).
Teutonic (masculine) - Noble.
Teutonic (feminine) - Noble.
A Teutonic name, meaning: Gift of the elf. Some authorities give this as a form of Eleanore.
Ella Forename Popularity
Ella Demographics
Average Ella Salary in
United States
$33,203 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Phonetically Similar Names
Ella Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ella in the Russian language | ||
| Элла | ella | - |
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