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Re: Ella ...
Not sure if this is the info you want at all, but in Sweden Ella has been used from 1500 something, originally though as a shorter form of various names, such as
Gabriella
Elisabet
Elin ( derived from Helena)
also NN for Edla (originally Edela ) meaning honorable
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