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Ella also means "she" in Spanish. It was borne by two American women - singer Ella Fitzgerald and actress Ella Raines.

John Travolta has a daughter named Ella Bleu. This name is a popular celebrity baby name.

Ella Bleu is a popular celebrity baby name? What other celebrity has a child named Ella Bleu?

Ella is the Spanish word for "she", but it´s pronounced Al-yah in Spanish.

It is actually pronounced eh-yah in Spanish.

The pronunciation of the English name Ella (el-LAH) and the Spanish word Ella (eyah) are completely different.

"Ella" can be a pet form of names such as Eleanor, Elinor, Ellen, and other variations.

'Ella' in ancient Greece was the Dorian form of the ancient Greek name 'Elle'. The sufix -a is typical Dorian, used in feminine names and words.

My niece's name is Gabriella Noelle but we call her Ella. I detest it as a full name.

Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have a daughter named Ella Olivia.

Ella can be short from Elizabet or Stella.

I think the name Elaa is beautiful! I ask my friends to call me that sometimes.

There's a book and film 'Ella Enchanted'.

In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett has a daughter named Ella Lorena.

Ella Lorena (?) was not the name of Scarlett from GWTW's daughter. Her name was Eugenie Victoria but they only ever called her Bonnie. Overall I love the name Ella and plan on using it if I ever have a daughter.

Ella Lorena is the name of Scarlet O'Hara's daughter in the book. She also had a son. Only her third and final child makes it into the theatrical cut, the ever famous Eugenia Victoria "Bonny Blue" Butler.

In Old English, this name means "beautiful fairy woman".

Do you mind explaining just how this name means 'beautiful fairy woman'? What are your sources?

It means "Beautiful Fairy Maiden". I have two friends with this name and they are both very beautiful!

Ella Scott Lynch is an Australian actress. Her time on the soapie Home and Away was short-lived because too few people could accept her in the role made popular by Bec Cartwright.

I love the name Ella because of the heroine in the book "Ella Enchanted", one of my favorite books as a child growing up.

A beautiful name only for a beautiful angel! Heavenly!

The only Ella I know gets called ellaphant.

I wonder why this name has suddenly become so popular. It is fairly pretty, but it seems a strange choice for a name that suddenly tops the popularity charts.

Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer, is a famous bearer.

According to some accounts, the name Cinderella came from Cinder-Ella.

Feminine without being frilly. This name seems youthful and playful to me, like somebody that would be easy to get along with and pleasant to be around.

I love this name. Its very simple but very elegant. I think its recent popularity is due to the book Ella Enchanted, that is where I first heard of it.

This name is very feminine and pretty. Cute for a child as well as nice sounding for an adult woman. I can see why it's become popular.

When in its own right, I think Ella is a very cute name. I like short, simple names and this one really fits into that category. Fab.

I like Ella being short for Eleanor.

Pavol Habera & Daniela Peštová have daughter Ella Haberová, she born in 21 July 2002 in New York City. She weighed 3kg at birth.

I have seen Ella used as a nickname for Marcella.

Ella (short for Elizabeth) was the sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Russian czarina.

In Hebrew the name means "a goddess" a female god, while a male god is "Ell". "Elli" means "my god".

Love it. Wish it wasn't so popular.

Beautiful name. I just love it.

I love this name. See my username. When I was little I thought this name was for a very chubby person. I now think this is a beautiful name and I love having this name.

I think Ella is a beautiful name along with Oonagh. I want twins and guess what I'm going to call them? Ella and Oonagh (and another one called Elady).

I love the name Ella. I love names that are short and sweet. :)

Cute name, but it seems to be growing in popularity among the younger years.

It's just SO BEAUTIFUL. It actually means "beautiful fairy woman". Can you get more beautiful and magical than that? I don't really like Ella as a nickname for Eleanor. I recommend just plain Ella! Also Ella was the name of the main character in ELLA ENCHANTED, and was also Cinderellas real name.

I hate this name. No idea why. I prefer the less trendy and better sounding Stella and Etta. Or even the freakishly popular Emma. Just not Ella. Hate Ella.

In the book Just Ella, it tells the story of what happens to Cinderella (really Cinders-Ella) after the ball and wedding, and how tomboy, bookworm Cinders-Ella actually got there. I love that book and read it often, although I'm too old to fully enjoy it.

This name is cute. It sounds very princess-like.

This name appears in several medieval Norwegian epics.

I just wanted to let you know that Ella also means 'goddess' in Hebrew.

Ella is a bit vague on it's own but I love Ella-Page or Ella-Jain and maybe even Mari-Ella.

I love the name Ella, it's pretty and modern and sounds really nice. If I ever had a daughter I would call her Ella.

I'd like to combine this with Fantine (fahn-TEEN); we'd have "Ella Fantine".

Ella Hooper is the lead singer of the Australian rock band Killing Heidi.

I like Ella a lot but I would prefer to use a longer, more traditional name that would be shortened to Ella, or something similar sounding with a more legitimate history as a name, like Stella.

Ella is also the Czech and Slovak form. Name Day: 5th March (Czech).
Nicknames: Elly, Elke, Eli, Elen, Elenica.

Ella is the name of the eldest daughter in the All-Of-A-Kind-Family book series.

Much better than Ellie, still it's a rather cold name.

Can someone please explain where they're getting the information that Ella means "beautiful fairy woman?" I don't think this is correct, but I'm open if someone can name a source.

I think this name is beautiful, it has a pretty delicateness about it. I think a very nice combination is Ella Rose, Ella Jane, or Ella Marie.

I love this name. It is very sweet, but many people name their children Ellen and call her Ella until about college.

This is a cute name. It reminds me of Rihanna's hit song "Umbrella" that goes "Under my Um-ber-Ella, Ella, Ella, Ay, Ay."

Such a gorgeous name! This is to be the name of my first and final sister, who will surely fulfill the meaning.

Hebrew. Feminine form of Alon. Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.

Ella - Old English meaning of "fairy friend."

This name is beautiful but it makes me think of the song 'umbrella' my Rhianna.
"Under my Umbrella-Ella-ella-hey-hey-hey!"

Slovak hockey player Richard Zedník and actress Jessica Welch have a daughter Ella Zedníková, born on 6. December, 2003.

It's not that I don't like it. It's a short, simple, pretty name with a pleasant sound. But gosh, how boring it is when you really think about it for a while. If you live with this name for decades, you'll probably be bored to tears of it yourself, as it's so plain, and, above all, so UNORIGINAL. This name is SO damn common that if you name your daughter Ella, she'll be one of some seven Ellas in her class. At least in Finland, that is surely going to be the case, but this name is overused a bit all over the good parts of the world (shh, don't tell Pandagonians I said this). So, it's a cute name, but hopelessly bland.

I like this name a lot. I think it is kind of young so I would use it as a middle name.

I like this name, it has a really nice sound to it. But I don't think I would ever name a daughter this for two reasons: 1) I speak Spanish, so it would be a little like naming my child "she" (and it's pronounced eh-yah, not Al-yah), and 2) If your daughter happens to be on the heavier side, she could be nicknamed "Ella the Elephant". Immature yes, but kids can be so cruel these days.

That said, I would consider using it as a middle name.

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) was called Ella.

Ella Dee is a character in the second season of the TV show Hex.

I'd never name my daughter this. I can't stand the name and I see it on top lists everywhere. It's overused, boring and unoriginal. The sound of Ella is ugly and the name is overly girly, cutesy and wouldn't sound right on an adult. I'd rather name my child Ellen or Eleanor, they're both nice names and more mature and classy. I'm so sick of Ella and I wanna turn up my nose at it every time I hear it.

I HATE this. Another "I completely can't understand why on earth this is so popular" name. All all all I can think of when I hear it is "elephant." Ellen and Eleanor are much much better.

This is fine as a nickname, but I don't really like it as a full name.

I prefer this over Emma (though I still like it), Emily, Ellen and Eleanor.

Ugh. This name is WAY overused. I'm sick and tired of hearing it. Why is it so popular? All I think of is "elephant". And I get irritated when I see people using it as a nickname for names that end in -Ella. If you like it that much, just name your daughter Ella.

I don't dislike the name, but it doesn't seem to have a lot of substance to it, and the surge in popularity puzzles me. It's become a really trendy nickname too, with a lot of people using -ella names like Isabella, Arabella, and Annabella just so they can call their daughters Ella. If you love the name that much and intend to only call her Ella, why not just call her Ella and skip the pretense of giving her a more formal name when Ella can be a name in its own right?

This name is good, but only as a nickname. It is too incomplete to be a full name.

Blah. I don't see the big "Woot" about this name. It's ok as a nickname but as a full name? Please a 40 year old Ella, wow funny.
1. It's becoming way too common
2. It's boring
3. It really doesn't suit anyone over 20.

I absolutely adore it! Gorgeous.

This name is sort of an ear worm to me, despite -or because- it being so lazily composed.

Nice name, but I can only imagine a young woman being called Ella. Also, it's too popular now.

Beautiful. I just wish it wasn't so common.

A nice, off-the-beaten-path nickname for Elizabeth - stands out from all the "Liz"-es and "Liza"-s.

Love, love, love this name so much so we named our daughter Ella Grace. Such a pretty sounding name. We will always be happy with our choice and our daughter absolutely loves it. She is the only Ella in her school by the way. We got lucky!

Ella is the daughter of American actor Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham. Ella's siblings are Michael, Brendan, and Grace.

I had a great-grandma named Ella. It was not a nickname, it was her full first name. Her parents were immigrants to the US from the Dutch / German border. She died only recently at the age of 113. She has a Wikipedia page if you are interested in her. She's on there because she was a supercentenarian.

I find it interesting that so many people find it hard to imagine this name only on a young child. This name was very popular in the late 19th Century in the US and parts of Europe. So many of us probably have grandmothers or great-grandmothers or great-great grandmothers with this name. This name has recently become popular again. As have names like Bella, Emma, Eva and Ava. It seems that short but sweet names are currently trendy. This name has a place in my heart even if it isn't my style.

If someone is named Ella, how do you know if it's ELLA(1) or ELLA(2)?

"Cinderella" does not come from "Cinder Ella." It's an anglicization of French "Cendrillon." The association with "Ella" came later.

GAH, I hate this name! It's not even like a real name, just half of one. How boring can you get?

Even though this name is kind of simple and almost plain, it has a classy and almost ethereal quality to me. When I hear this name, I imagine a graceful women with a kind of quiet strength about her.