Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Lella 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 864
- 0 boys · 864 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 30 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 as a first name in 2020; 415 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.
Lella’s family of names
In Greek usage, Lella is a transliteration of Λέλλα.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lella
- Lella LombardiItalian racing driver, female F1 driver1941–1992
- Lella CostaItalian actress, writer and voice actressborn 1952
- Lella RicciItalian opera singer1850–1871
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Lella, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“having a soft spirit”
>99% girls