Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Cella isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 157
- 0 boys · 157 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 as a first name in 2020; 2,164 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cella’s family of names
Cella may belong to the same name family as CELA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Cella
- Cella DelavranceaRomanian pianist, writer and educator1887–1991
- Cella SerghiRomanian prose writer1907–1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Cella, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Briella
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Ella
“from a foreign land”
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“night”
>99% girls
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“a woman famed for her beauty”
>99% girls
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“protected by God”
>99% girls
Lila
“born at night” · “resembling a lily”
>99% girls