Given name
Ardella
“industrious and eager”
Ardella is a variant of Ardel. In Latin use, Ardel carries the interpretation “industrious and eager.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ardella is a variant of Ardel. In Latin use, Ardel carries the interpretation “industrious and eager.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ardella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,478
- 0 boys · 3,478 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 111 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,038 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,038 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 111 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,076 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ardella’s family of names
Ardella has a related form in Ardel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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