Idella
Feminine · “work”
Idella joins Ida to the -ella ending, and Ida is Germanic for work — a short, blunt element that Italian and Spanish suffixes have been softening for centuries.
How old is the name Idella?
Idella was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Idella alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 1,800 people named Idella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Idella most popular?
Idella peaked in 1880, reaching #333 nationally. Today it ranks #11932, 11,599 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
Where it comes from
From id to Idella
The story of Idella
Ida was a Norman name revived by Victorian poets — Tennyson's The Princess has an Ida — and it became common in nineteenth-century America. Families elaborated it with the -ella ending then in fashion, in the same movement that made Estella, Luella and Rosella. Idella appears in the registers from the 1880s and peaked around 1890.
Meaningscholars disagree
work, labor
Through Ida, from the Germanic id, 'work' or 'labor'. Mount Ida in Crete, where Zeus was raised, is a separate and unrelated name. The -ella is an Italian and Spanish diminutive rather than an inherited element, and the compound is a nineteenth-century American formation.
How the name formed
- id
- Ida
- Idella
Related forms: Ida · Idelle · Idda
Pronouncing Idella
eye-DEL-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some bearers say ih-DEL-uh with a short first vowel.
Nicknames for Idella
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1921168 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #333reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%7 in 2025, from 7
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.
Idella in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ida in English — related form
- Idelle in English — spelling variant
- Idda in German — related form
Idellas among us
people named Idella are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 229,610 born in 2025 was named Idella
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Idella 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
Idella beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Idella in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ida and Della are two short forms, both with their own records.
- It belongs to a coherent and documented family of nineteenth-century -ella names.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well.
- The first vowel splits between two readings.
- The -ella ending is a later addition rather than an inherited element.
- It is strongly period-coded to the nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Idellas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Idella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Idella in 2025?
- Idella ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Idella?
- About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Idella — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Idella with classmates?
- Idella will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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