Novella

Where Novella comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Novella.

  • Vowel-ended
Novella through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Peak, #490
    47 babies named Novella, its best rank.
  3. 1934
    Novella Matveyeva born
    Russian poet and singer
  4. 1954
    Novella Calligaris born
    Italian swimmer
  5. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,311.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Novella Calligaris · Italian swimmer, born 1954
  • Novella Matveyeva · Russian poet and singer, 1934–2016
  • Novella d'Andrea · Italian legal scholar (1312–?), 1312–1333
  • Novella Nelson · American actress, 1939–2017
  • Novella Schiesaro · Italian basketball player, born 1973

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.