Della - Meaning of Della

What does Della mean?

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Della

[ 2 syll. del-la, de-lla ] The baby girl name Della is pronounced DEHL-aa- †. Della is of Germanic, Old Greek, Hebrew, and Old English origin. It is used mainly in the English language.

Della is a diminutive of the English, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Spanish Adela in the English language.

Della is also a diminutive of the English and Italian Adelaide in the English language.

Della is also a variant form of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Adelheid in the English language.

Della is also a variant form of the Welsh, English, Greek, Italian, German, and Spanish Delia in the English language.

Della is also a variant form of the English and German Delilah in the English language.

Della is also a variant form of the English Radelle.

See also the related categories, english, greek, and hebrew.

Della is an all-time favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously. In 1900, 0.235% of baby girls were given the name Della. It had a ranking of #90 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use in recent years. In 2018, it ranked at #861 with a usage of 0.017%. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Della, Delilah was the most popular. It was more widely used than Della by 10 times in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Della include Dela, Dael, Daele, Dahlye, Dalal, Dalale, Dalall, Dalalle, Daliah, Dally, Daly, Dalya, Daylee, Deli, Delli, Dellie, Delly, Deloo, Delu, and Delue.

† Pronunciation for Della: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"