Annella
Feminine · “little Anna”
The -ella ending is a Latin diminutive that never stopped working. It made small things: an umbrella is a little shade, a novella a little new thing, a cupola a little cup. It also made names, and it is still making them fifteen hundred years after Latin stopped being spoken.
How old is the name Annella?
Annella first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Annella alive today was born around 1940, making them about 85 years old. About 200 people named Annella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annella most popular?
Annella peaked in 1930, reaching #2023 nationally. Today it ranks #11932, 9,909 places below that high. See the whole 1930 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hannah to Annella
The story of Annella
Latin made diminutives with -ellus and -ella, and the ending survived into Italian more vigorously than almost any other piece of Latin grammar. It is still productive there: a fratello is a little brother, a sorella a little sister, and every name can take it — Antonella, Gabriella, Marcella, Fiorella, Donatella. English borrowed the ending too, but mostly attached it to objects instead of people, which is why it sits inside umbrella and novella without anyone noticing. Annella is Anna with the Italian ending, recorded in American registers from the early twentieth century and used mostly by families who brought it with them.
Meaning
little Anna
Anna is Hebrew Hannah, grace or favor. The -ella ending is the Latin diminutive, alive in Italian and used across Europe for centuries; it means small or dear and adds nothing else. Annella is therefore a plain, transparent formation with both parts documented.
How the name formed
- Hannah
- Anna
- Annella
Related forms: Annella · Antonella
Pronouncing Annella
ah-NEL-ah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Italian doubles the n and holds it slightly longer than English does, which is the only audible difference between the two languages here.
Nicknames for Annella
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 193115 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2023reached in 1930
- Change vs 2024
- −41.7%7 in 2025, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annella in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Annella in Italian — same name
- Antonella in Italian — related form
Annellas among us
people named Annella are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 229,610 born in 2025 was named Annella
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Annella
- #11932
- Annella on the 2025 chart
- #879
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annella went to 7 girls in 2025, but Anela and Anella are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 81, which makes it the 879th most-given girls’ name of the year — 11,053 places above the chart.
- Anela58
- Anella16
- Annella7
About 1 girl in 19,843 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 229,610 for Annella itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Clifton test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annella's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Clifton climbed just as high around 1913, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Clifton's path sketches the road Annella is walking now.
Annella sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Annella beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annella in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both parts are documented and the formation is completely transparent.
- Three short forms, all of which are full names in their own right.
- Three open syllables with a clear central stress.
- Annabella, Annalie and Anella are all close and will be substituted.
- It is strongly represented among the oldest generations and reads clearly as of that time.
- Most people will shorten it to Anna or Ella, both of which are far commoner.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annellas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Annella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Annella?
- Annella is one of 3 recorded spellings. Anela is the more common one — 58 births in 2025 against 7 for Annella.
- How popular is the name Annella in 2025?
- Annella ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annella?
- About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Annella — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annella with classmates?
- Annella will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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