Given name & surname
Gella
“one who brings joy to others”
Gella is a variant of Geila. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gella is a variant of Geila. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who brings joy to others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gella is a variant of Geila. An origin associated with Geila is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 0 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 6 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 205 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.
Gella’s family of names
Gella has a related form in Geila. In Greek usage, Gella as a surname is a transliteration of Γέλλα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gella
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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