Ella (2)

Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El. It can also be a short form of names ending in ella.

ELEANOR   female   English
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor. It was first borne by the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. She was named Aenor after her mother, and was called by the Occitan phrase alia Aenor "the other AENOR" in order to distinguish her from her mother.

The popularity of the name Eleanor in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I. More recently, it was borne by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
AENOR   female   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
ELLEN (1)   female   English
Medieval English form of HELEN. This was the usual spelling of the name until the 17th century, when Helen became more common.
HELEN   female   English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon". In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The name was also borne by the 4th-century Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem.

The name was originally used among early Christians in honour of the saint, as opposed to the classical character. In England it was commonly spelled Ellen during the Middle Ages, and the spelling Helen was not regularly used until after the Renaissance. A famous bearer was Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American author and lecturer who was both blind and deaf.
FULL FORMS
DANISH: Eleonora, Elin, Elisabet, Elisabeth, Ellinor, Helen, Helena, Helene, Isabella
ENGLISH: Elaina, Elaine, Eleanor, Eleanora, Eleanore, Elenora, Elinor, Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Ellen, Elnora, Elsabeth, Elyzabeth, Helen, Helena, Hellen, Isabel, Isabella, Isabelle, Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle
FINNISH: Eleonoora, Eleonora, Eliina, Elina, Elisabet, Heleena, Helena
NORWEGIAN: Eleonora, Elin, Elisabet, Elisabeth, Ellinor, Helen, Helena, Helene, Isabella
SWEDISH: Eleonor, Eleonora, Elin, Elina, Elisabet, Elisabeth, Ellinor, Helen, Helena, Helene, Isabella
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Shelena
ANCIENT GREEK: Helena, Helene
ARMENIAN: Zabel
ARTHURIAN ROMANCE: Elaine
BASQUE: Elixabete
BIBLICAL GREEK: Elisabet
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Elisheba
BIBLICAL LATIN: Elisabeth
BIBLICAL: Elisabeth, Elisheba, Elizabeth
BULGARIAN: Elena, Eleonora, Elisaveta
CROATIAN: Elizabeta, Helena, Jela, Jelena, Jelka
CZECH: Alena, Alžběta, Eliška, Helena, Lenka
DANISH: Eli, Elise, Ella, Else, Lena, Lene, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbet, Lise, Lissi, Nora
DUTCH: Betje, Eleonora, Elisabeth, Elise, Ellen, Elly, Els, Else, Elsje, Heleen, Heleentje, Helena, Ilse, Isa, Isabella, Isabelle, Lies, Liesbeth, Liese, Liesje, Lijsbeth, Lisa, Noor, Noortje, Nora
ENGLISH: Bella, Belle, Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Buffy, Elea, Elisa, Elise, Elissa, Eliza, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elly, Elsa, Elsie, Elyse, Ibbie, Issy, Izzy, Lainey, Laney, Leanora, Leesa, Lena, Lenora, Lenore, Libbie, Libby, Liddy, Lilian, Liliana, Lilibet, Lilibeth, Lillian, Lilliana, Lisa, Lise, Liz, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizette, Lizzie, Lizzy, Nell, Nelle, Nora, Norah, Sabella, Tetty
ESTONIAN: Eliisabet, Helena, Jelena, Leena, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu
FINNISH: Eliisa, Elisa, Ella, Elli, Elsa, Heli, Leena, Liisa, Liisi, Noora
FRENCH: Babette, Eléonore, Élisabeth, Élise, Hélène, Isabel, Isabelle, Lili, Liliane, Lilianne, Lise
FRISIAN: Bet, Lys
GALICIAN: Sabela
GEORGIAN: Elene, Elisabed, Eliso
GERMAN: Alena, Bettina, Elena, Eleonora, Eleonore, Elisa, Elisabeth, Elise, Elli, Elsa, Else, Helena, Helene, Ilsa, Ilse, Isa, Isabel, Isabell, Isabella, Isabelle, Lena, Lene, Leni, Leonore, Lies, Liesa, Liese, Liesel, Liesl, Lili, Lilli, Lisa, Lisbeth, Lore, Nora
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Helen, Helena, Helene
GREEK: Eleni, Elisavet
HAWAIIAN: Elikapeka
HEBREW: Elisheva
HUNGARIAN: Bözsi, Eleonóra, Erzsébet, Erzsi, Heléna, Izabella, Lili, Liliána, Liza, Nóra, Zsóka
ICELANDIC: Elísabet, Elsa, Helena
IRISH: Eilís, Eilish, Isibéal, Léan, Sibéal
ITALIAN: Elena, Eleonora, Elisa, Elisabetta, Elsa, Ileana, Isa, Isabella, Leonora, Liliana, Lisa, Lora, Nora
LATVIAN: Elīna, Helēna, Jeļena, Jelena
LIMBURGISH: Bet, Noor, Noortje
LITHUANIAN: Elena, Elžbieta, Elzė, Jelena
MACEDONIAN: Beti, Elena, Elisaveta, Veta
MANX: Ealisaid
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Ibb
MEDIEVAL OCCITAN: Isabel
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Elena
NORWEGIAN: Eli, Elise, Ella, Else, Lena, Lene, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbet, Lise, Liss, Nora
OCCITAN: Aliénor, Isabèl
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Elisabeti
POLISH: Ela, Eleonora, Eliza, Elżbieta, Helena, Iza, Izabela, Izabella, Lena, Liliana
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Eliza, Izabel, Lílian
PORTUGUESE: Belinha, Elisa, Elisabete, Helena, Isabel, Isabela, Lena, Leonor, Liliana
ROMANIAN: Elena, Elisabeta, Ileana, Ilinca, Isabela, Isabella, Lenuța, Liliana
RUSSIAN: Alyona, Elena, Elizaveta, Lena, Liza, Lizaveta, Yelena, Yelizaveta
SCOTTISH: Beileag, Ealasaid, Eilidh, Eilionoir, Elspet, Elspeth, Iseabail, Ishbel, Isobel, Lileas, Lilias, Lillias
SERBIAN: Jela, Jelena, Jelisaveta, Jelka
SLOVAK: Alena, Alžbeta, Elena, Eliška, Helena, Jela, Lenka
SLOVENE: Alena, Elizabeta, Helena, Jelena, Jelka, Špela
SPANISH: Elena, Eli, Elisa, Elisabet, Ileana, Isa, Isabel, Isabela, Leonor, Liliana, Ysabel
SWEDISH: Elise, Ella, Elsa, Lena, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbet, Lise, Nora
UKRAINIAN: Lesya, Olena, Yelyzaveta
WELSH: Bethan, Elen, Elin
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Jelica
ENGLISH: Leanna, Liana, Libbie, Libby, Lillia, Lisette, Lysette, Nellie, Nelly, Nonie, Noreen, Norene
FRENCH: Lisette
ITALIAN: Liana, Lorita, Norina
LIMBURGISH: Betje
PORTUGUESE: Liana
ROMANIAN: Liana
SERBIAN: Jelica
SLOVENE: Alenka
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Aenor
CZECH: Ilona
ENGLISH: Alaina, Alayna, Nelda
FINNISH: Ilona
GERMAN: Ilona
HUNGARIAN: Ili, Ilike, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka
LATVIAN: Ilona
LITHUANIAN: Ilona
POLISH: Ilona
SCOTTISH: Eilidh