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Louella

Louella: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Lou + Ella combination”
Origin
English
Say it
loo-EL-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually treated as an elaborated compound using Lou, often from Louise, plus the feminine suffix or name Ella. It is a later formation rather than an ancient standalone name.

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How popular is Louella?

202444.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Louella in 2024146

2024 rank#1,487 girls

Peak year1891

Total US babies since 188013,809

Louella is rising: use over the last five years is 3.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Louella

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Louella questions

What does the name Louella mean?

Louella means "Lou + Ella combination". It comes from English. Usually treated as an elaborated compound using Lou, often from Louise, plus the feminine suffix or name Ella. It is a later formation rather than an ancient standalone name.

Is Louella a boy or girl name?

Louella is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Louella?

146 US babies were named Louella in 2024. Its peak year was 1891.

How do you pronounce Louella?

Louella is usually pronounced loo-EL-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.