Ella is a girl's name of German origin meaning “other.” In 2024 it was given to 5,685 girls in the United States.
Ella belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “other” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ella first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #12 in 2011, and in 2024 5,685 babies received the name — 345,401 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ella means “other” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ella is a girl name. In 2024, 5,685 babies received the name in the US.
Ella comes from the German and English & American tradition.
Ella first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #12 in 2011, and 5,685 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ella is pronounced /ˈɛl.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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