Anella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Anella by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Anella. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Anella
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Abellabreath, vapour; feminine form of Abel75 in the US (2017)
- Adellanoble; form of Adele60 in the US (2017)
- Anelaangel51 in the US (2017)
- Aellawhirlwind; a form of Aella from mythology48 in the US (2017)
- Arellaaltar; lion of god8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Angellamessenger or angel; a form of Angela9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Anella
Names that are said the same way as Anella, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Anella
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