Ella
English
Etymology
A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.
Proper noun
Ella
- A female given name.
- 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter XLII:
- She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […]
- 1936 Margaret Mitchell: Gone With the Wind: Chapter XLII:
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Translations
female given name
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Cebuano
Etymology
Proper noun
Ella
- a female given name from English
Danish
Proper noun
Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella.
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Faroese
Proper noun
Ella f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Ella: Elluson
- daughter of Ella: Elludóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Ella |
Accusative | Ellu |
Dative | Ellu |
Genitive | Ellu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella.
Declension
Inflection of Ella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
genitive | Ellan | Ellojen | |
partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
accusative | nom. | Ella | Ellat |
gen. | Ellan | ||
genitive | Ellan | Ellojen Ellain rare | |
partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
inessive | Ellassa | Elloissa | |
elative | Ellasta | Elloista | |
illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
adessive | Ellalla | Elloilla | |
ablative | Ellalta | Elloilta | |
allative | Ellalle | Elloille | |
essive | Ellana | Elloina | |
translative | Ellaksi | Elloiksi | |
abessive | Ellatta | Elloitta | |
instructive | — | Elloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella.
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Italian
Pronoun
Ella f
- (formal, polite) Alternative letter-case form of ella (“you”)
- Synonym: Lei
Usage notes
Highly elevated variant of Lei.
See also
Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
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Singular | third | m | esso1, egli, elli3 | si, s' | lo, l' | gli | vi, v' | ne, n' | esso, sé |
f | essa, ella, Ella2 | la, l' | le, ella3 | essa, sé | |||||
Plural | third | m | essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 | si, s' | li | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | essi, sé |
f | esse, elle3, elleno3 | le | esse, elle,3 sé | ||||||
1 | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | ||||||||
2 | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | ||||||||
3 | Archaic. |
Norwegian
Proper noun
Ella
- a female given name, similar to English Ella.
Old Norse
Proper noun
Ella m
- a male given name
Inflection
Declension of Ella (weak ōn-stem, indefinite singular only)
Note that even though Ella is a feminine ōn-stem proper noun, its natural gender is masculine.
Plautdietsch
Noun
Ella n (plural Ellre)
Swedish
Proper noun
Ella c (genitive Ellas)
- a female given name, similar to English Ella. Contraction of Edla..
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