Comments for the name Della

The name Della is very elegant and pretty.

Della Street is the name of Perry Mason's lovely secretary in Erle Stanley Gardner's mystery books. She was portrayed by Barbara Hale on T.V.

This name also has an Irish form, but it's pronounced as Dee-la.

I think the name Della is very pretty. It comes off as elegant, but strong.

Della is the female lead in O. Henry's Gift of the Magi.

I once knew a girl named Danielle who went by Della.

Della Frye is the name of Rachel McAdam's character in State of Play.

Famous bearers (besides Della Reese).

- Della Fox (1870-1913): American singing comedienne.

- Della Moore (1880-1926?): the girlfriend of the Old West outlaw Kid Curry, who rode with the Wild Bunch gang.

- Della Griffin (1925- ): jazz musician; member of two of the first all female R&B groups in the 1950s, The Enchanters and The Dell-Tones.

- Della Jones (born 1946): Welsh opera singer.

- Della Butcher (1922-1993): British patron of Singapore art.

- Della Purves (1945-2008): Scottish botanical artist.

- Della Leiter: Fictional character in the James Bond series. A friend of Bond, she is killed by a druglord's henchmen in "A License to Kill" and Bond avenges her death.

- Della Duck: Donald Duck's twin sister; also the mother of Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck.

- Della Falls: a waterfall on Vancouver Island in Canada. A prospector discovered the falls in 1899 and named them after his wife.

I also want to add that "Della" means "of the" in Italian.

Della was a fairly common name for girls in the decades around the turn of the 20th century but by the 1930s it fell out of popularity and it hasn't been on the top 1000 in the US for quite some time. I always associate this name with the Jazz Age; it just sounds like the name of a flapper girl to me. It sounds both feminine and strong, and I love the meaning of the names it'd derived from. I could seriously consider it for a daughter one day.

I think Della is a lovely and strong name. I know someone who has this name only it's spelled "Delah."

I love this name! It sounds s simple and elegant, and it's quite unique, the only Della I've ever heard of is Della Reese.
Della reminds me of a beautiful young woman with pale skin and dark, questioning eyes, and naturally dark, curly hair. And it ages quite well, too.

This is my mom's middle name. I find it very, very pretty. If I ever have a daughter, her name might be Della.

I like this as a nickname for Delphine or Delphina.