Nella

Where Nella comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nella.

  • Vowel-ended
Nella through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #547 among girls, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #384
    19 babies named Nella, its best rank.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #817.
  4. 1886
    Nella Walker born
    actress
  5. 1891
    Nella Larsen born
    American novelist, librarian, nurse
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Nella Larsen · American novelist, librarian, nurse, 1891–1964
  • Nella Walker · actress, 1886–1971
  • Nella Martinetti · Swiss singer, 1946–2011
  • Nella Maria Bonora · Italian actress, 1904–1990
  • Nella Bielski · French writer, 1937–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.