Ella.
A female given name.
Meaning & usage
A female given name.
A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Gabriella, and Daniella.
A placename: A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Pepin County, Wisconsin.
Where this word comes from
A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.
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