Mella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mella by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mella.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Mella
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 Mella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Millathousand; a form of Camilla or Millicent65 in the US (2017)
- Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melvacouncil friend; form of melvin6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meela9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meila17 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Mella
Names that are said the same way as Mella, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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