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Ella

Female#469 most common in Croatia1,270 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Fairy maiden; short form of Eleanor
Origin:
Germanic

About the name Ella

A short form of names such as Eleanor; also from a Germanic root meaning 'fairy maiden'. A popular international name used in Croatia.

Popularity with newborns

  • Girls · 2018 · 116 births · #43 that year

Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.

People with this name in Croatia

1,270 people in Croatia are called Ella, according to the 2021 census. That is #469 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Ella is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

ShortModernInternationalModerately common

Notable people called Ella

  • Ella FitzgeraldAmerican jazz singer, 'First Lady of Song'

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.