Thoughts on Ella? How many do you know?

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I really like it and DH hasn’t said no , so technically the only name we’ve agreed on so far.
Is it a popular baby name where you are ? I know quite a few Bella’s at the moment but no Ella’s.

I agree with others, it’s fine just quite bland and a bit nothingy to me. I don’t know hundreds myself but it’s a name I hear around a lot.

There are three in my DC's school.

Pretty, easy to spell and say and very international- I can see why it’s so popular.

The only problem is that it possibly seems a bit insubstantial - as it’s also used as a nn for all the other -ella ending names as well as Eleanor, Eliana etc Only you can decide whether this bothers you - lots of people prefer diminutives as given names now. But I personally prefer Eleanor or Gabriella etc on the BC.

I know a couple, both early teens. I'm not a fan, agree with some PPs it sounds kind of "nothingy". Like a suffix. Or a pronoun. Indeed, it's also the Spanish word for "she".

It makes me think of salmonella.

Lovely name I only know of 1

One in their 20s, two in their teens, one in single digits. I work in education and find that names, although supposedly chosen at random by parents, somehow aren't and that multiples of the same names / variations of, end up in the same year groups.

I think it's lovely. I know one in her 30s and one who is early teens.

I know seven! Late 80’s, early 20’s, three in late teens, one tween, a preschooler and a baby.

And I can’t count… that’s eight!

My DN22 is called Ella. The only one I know of though.

I know an Ella (aged 12) and an Elodie (aged 8)

I live in Denmark where it's the 3rd most popular name. I've never met one I didn't like.

It’s a bit bland.

I have, @StrictlyAFemaleFemale . She's an Ella short for Arabella.

I know one who is 18, one 19, one in her 30s and one who died a couple of years ago at the ripe old age of 99!

Lovely name

I know 4 but they're all between 13 and 22.

My Ella is 21, her bestie is also Ella and she’s 22. There was another at secondary school. None at high school. DH cousins daughter is Ella (18)

Seriously, that’s all we know.

Many many - a least a couple of dozen from 0 to 37

If you really love it I'd give her a full name - Eloise, Eleanor, Annabel, etc, so she has some choices

I have an Ella (almost 3) and have not yet come across any other Ella’s at playgroups or nursery. I do know 4 older Ellas (all in their 30s) and also my Great Aunt was an Ella (she would be almost 100 now). Personally I think it’s a great name and you should go for it if you both really like it! Good luck

I love it and know of a few, the oldest is 24 and the youngest 4.

Many many

I know 3. It's a nice name.

I know one. She's named after her great grandmother. The name, for our family, is associated with strength and character. Ella is more than living up to her name, but in her very own way, just as her namesake did.

Where I live one aged 2.

In the UK one Ella aged about 15, an Elena (9ish) and a Gabriella (10). Plus an Eleanor in her 70s, but she goes by Lenny. Also a 1 year old Bella.