Ella
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella (countable and uncountable, plural Ellas)
- A female given name.
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
- She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […]
- diminutive of Eleanor or Ellen
- Clipping of Gabriella or Daniella.
- A placename
- A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
- An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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[edit]Translations
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[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella
- a female given name from English
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortening of Elisabeth. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella f
- a female given name
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Ella: Elluson
- daughter of Ella: Elludóttir
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Ella |
accusative | Ellu |
dative | Ellu |
genitive | Ellu |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a diminutive form of Elina, Elisabet, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Ella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
genitive | Ellan | Ellojen | |
partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
accusative | nom. | Ella | Ellat |
gen. | Ellan | ||
genitive | Ellan | Ellojen Ellain rare | |
partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
inessive | Ellassa | Elloissa | |
elative | Ellasta | Elloista | |
illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
adessive | Ellalla | Elloilla | |
ablative | Ellalta | Elloilta | |
allative | Ellalle | Elloille | |
essive | Ellana | Elloina | |
translative | Ellaksi | Elloiksi | |
abessive | Ellatta | Elloitta | |
instructive | — | Elloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Ella is the 58th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 11,820 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,954 more), and also belongs to 6 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Ella
- a female given name, equivalent to English Ella
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]Ella f
- (formal, polite) Alternative letter-case form of ella (“you”)
- Synonym: Lei
Usage notes
[edit]- Highly elevated variant of Lei.
See also
[edit]Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
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Singular | third | m | esso1, egli, elli3 | si, s' | lo, l' | gli | vi, v' | ne, n' | esso, sé |
f | essa, ella, Ella2 | la, l' | le, ella3 | essa, sé | |||||
Plural | third | m | essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 | si, s' | li | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | essi, sé |
f | esse, elle3, elleno3 | le | esse, elle,3 sé | ||||||
1 | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | ||||||||
2 | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | ||||||||
3 | Archaic. |
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ella m
- a male given name[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ellington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 523.
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Ella m
- a male given name
Inflection
[edit]Note that even though Ella is a feminine ōn-stem proper noun, its natural gender is masculine.
Plautdietsch
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ella n (plural Ellren)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Ella c (genitive Ellas)
- a female given name, similar to English Ella. Contraction of Edla.
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[edit]Anagrams
[edit]- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛlə
- Rhymes:English/ɛlə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English terms with quotations
- English diminutive nouns
- English clippings
- en:Towns in Sri Lanka
- en:Places in Sri Lanka
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oregon, USA
- en:Places in Oregon, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from English
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch given names
- Dutch female given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlla
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlla/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian pronouns
- Italian formal terms
- Italian polite terms
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English proper nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English given names
- Old English male given names
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Old Norse given names
- Old Norse male given names
- Old Norse ōn-stem nouns
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch nouns
- Plautdietsch neuter nouns
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names
- Swedish contractions