Ella is a Norman name, a short form of Germanic names with the element alja, "all" or "other", and today it is also heard as a pet form of Eleanor and Isabella. Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, gave it a timeless American voice. Ella was at number 264 in 2000, entered the top 100 in 2002, peaked at twelfth in 2011 and 2012 and ranks twenty-ninth in 2025.