Zellah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zellah by the numbers

Zellah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Zellah

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

  • Zillahshadow; shade16 in the US (2017)
  • Zelahshadow or rib; biblical place name6 in the US (2017)
  • Zella158 in the US (2017)
  • Zyllah6 in the US (2017)
  • Zeldagray battle; variant of Griselda454 in the US (2017)
  • Zeliazealous; a form of Zeal3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Zellah

Names that are said the same way as Zellah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Xela17 in the US (2017)
  • Zela9 in the US (2017)
  • Xella5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zellah

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