Isella

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Isella by the numbers

Isella was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Isella

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 Isella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Iselaa form of Gisela; pledge or hostage77 in the US (2017)
  • Idellanoble, industrious; a form of Ida13 in the US (2017)
  • Isbelladevoted to god; form of isabella9 in the US (2017)
  • Izella6 in the US (2017)
  • Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
  • Imeldaall-powerful battle maiden9 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Isella

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