Gender: F
Origin: Diminutive of ISABELLA and Italian
Meaning: "beautiful"
Popularity in 2008: #122
Everything ella, from Ella to Bella to Gabriella, is red hot right now, and this is one of the less overused examples, with the hint of a nice Old World grandmotherly veneer. Belle is also popular.
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