Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ozella 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 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ozella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,338
- 0 boys · 2,338 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,853 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,853 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 73 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 580 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ozella’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Ozella, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Ardella
“industrious and eager”
>99% girls
Adella
“of the nobility; serene; of good humor”
>99% girls
Eula
“well-spoken”
>99% girls
Oneida
“our longawaited daughter”
>99% girls
Arvilla
>99% girls
Arlena
“an oath; a pledge”
>99% girls