ella can be short for??

[mamaesi]

Love ella, but want a full name...
Isabella, Estella.... what else can it be short for?

Also another issue is one of our other daughters is named Isla.

Is ella too close to Isla??

Ella is too close to Isla imo. I wouldnt name the sister of an Isla 'Ella'. Sorry.

What about Bella. That makes it that bit different from Isla. Or Stella. Stella and Isla would work beautifully too. Gabriella? Mariella, Annabella.

Ella is definitely too close to Isla. As Valium says Bella would be a good alternative

Mariella
Marchella
Marinella
Cinderella

Ella is very similar to Isla. How about Emma or Elodie?

I wouldn't think of Ella as short for Isabella or Estella. I'd think of it as nickname for a name beginning with El, such as Eloise, Eleanor, Elspeth.

Eleanor? Arabella?

Fenella, Daniella, Estella, Gabriella, Mariella, Isabella, Luella, Petronella, Rafaella,

or maybe Nutella?

Isla and Ella are very similar.

How about Elena (E-lay-na)?

Or Estelle.

ooh very similar but then I'm not a fan of names that sound the same. My 3 have very different sounding names so they know who is being shouted at called

DD1 is Isabella known as Ella

The only other one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned is Helena at a stretch??

Stella?

I have a Michella in my class

Arabella - beautiful name.

Ella is a full name.

Ella is also short for Elizabeth.