Abella
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning breath, vapour; feminine form of Abel.
Abella by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Abella. In the US, 75 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 84 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Abel
Like Abella, each of these traces back to Abel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Abella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adellanoble; form of Adele60 in the US (2017)
- Aellawhirlwind; a form of Aella from mythology48 in the US (2017)
- Arellaaltar; lion of god8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arbellaalter of god; a form of arabella6 in the US (2017)
- Abelagrass or breath; a form of Abel5 in the US (2017)
- Abellbreath; variant spelling of Abel5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean life
Like Abella, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Abella
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