Ella Name Meaning, Origin & Pronunciation

Ella means other; light (as short form). From Germanic ali, meaning other, or a short form of Eleanor and Ellen.

Ella has more than one source. It may come from the Germanic element ali, meaning other or foreign, as a short form of longer names, and it also acts as a pet form of Eleanor, Ellen, and Isabella. The name came to England with the Normans, faded, and returned in the nineteenth century. Its two-syllable sound is bright and easy, and it has been carried by jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, one of the great voices of the twentieth century. Ella works well alone or with a longer middle name, and it matches many other short, vowel-ending names.

Variants of Ella

ElleEllahElaEllie

Well-known people named Ella

Ella Fitzgerald.

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