Luella

What Luella means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Luella yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,337 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Luella?

US: Rising: up from #1337 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1114 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1881, when 141 girls got the name (#120 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,605 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,221 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.29 per 1,000 girls), MN (1.26 per 1,000 girls), WI (1.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Luella is #778 in the US and #642 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Luella were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Louella146 US · 20 E&W
• Lelia17 US
• Leola17 US
• Laelia15 US
• Lulia7 US · 5 E&W
• Leala5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Luella

Girls

• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025

For a brother

• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Luella’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.