Ornella - Meaning of Ornella

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Ornella

[ 3 syll. or-nel-la, orn-e-lla ] The baby girl name Ornella is pronounced as aoRNEHLLaa †. Ornella is used mostly in German and Italian. Its language of origin is Italian. The name was coined by Gabriele d'Annunzio for one of the characters in his tragedy La Figlia di Iorio (1904), possibly as a feminine version of the Tuscan dialect element 'ornello'.

The name Ornel, the name Ornela, the name Ornele, the name Ornell, the name Ornelle, the Italian Ornetta, and the French Ornette are derivatives of Ornella.

Both the origin and meaning of the name Ornella is inherited by all variant forms.

See also the related categories, tree (forest), element, italian, flowering, and german.

Ornella is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Ornella include Armela, Armele, Arminel, Ornelle, Armel, Armelle, Arnel, Arnell, and Arnelle.

† English pronunciation for Ornella: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"