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Ella en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛl.ə/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A female given name.
   • She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […] 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Gabriella, and Daniella.
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Pepin County, Wisconsin.

Forms

Deriveds

Suella

Relateds

Elle · Elly · Kirk Ella · Ellie

Translations (8)

no Ella (female given name) · fo Ella (female given name) · sv Ella (female given name) · hu Ella (female given name) · de Ella (female given name) · he אֵלָה (female given name) · da Ella (female given name) · fi Ella (female given name)