Lella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Lella by the numbers
Lella was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 1916, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Lella
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 Lella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Leylanight101 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luellafamous elf; combination name60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leeladivine play, cosmic play51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Lillalilac flower; diminutive form33 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lella
Names that are said the same way as Lella, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Lella
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