Onella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Onella by the numbers
Onella was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Onella
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 Onella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ornellaash tree; from ornella or related to Ornus7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ofeliahelp; benefit; a form of Ophelia79 in the US (2017)
- Odeliai will praise god; a form of odilia12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Oneildescendant of Niall; a form of O'Neill14 in the US (2017)
- Onealdescendant of the champion; related to O'Neill6 in the US (2017)
- Oneidastanding stone; people of the standing stone5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Onella
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