Louella

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Louella is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Modern compound form, often from Lou + Ella; origin mixed/uncertain.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 48K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 64K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈64,000 people, est.

Sources
254 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Modern compound form, often from Lou + Ella; origin mixed/uncertain.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Louella counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Louella is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈64,000 est.≈1 in 22K—Louella3
PH Philippines—≈5,500 est.≈1 in 20K—Louella71
US United States—5,0671 in 66K5.1KLouella254
GB United Kingdom—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 64K5Louella93
EG Egypt—≈930 est.≈1 in 113K—Louella6
AU Australia—≈530 est.≈1 in 48K3Louella78
CU Cuba#632≈220 est.≈1 in 50K—Louella2
SG Singapore—≈150 est.≈1 in 41K—Louella9
IE Ireland#926≈140 est.≈1 in 36K—Louella12

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Louella is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lou-Ella

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States

    Also written Löüëllä

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Louella is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Nickname for Louella Louise; also used as an independent name.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • Modern coinage from the first syllable of pLouise + the productive suffix -ella (an Italian or Latinate feminine diminutive; compare Ella). It is particularly associated with the Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons (1880-1972). Variant: Luella.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In English, A female given name originating as a coinage.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Dérivé de Louise; forme féminine apparentée à Louisa/Louise, d’origine germanique.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, English; derived from Louise and Ella.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Ellen Powell Thompson, b. 1840Louella Parsons, b. 1881Louella D. Everett, b. 1883Pearl Kendrick, b. 1890Louella Maxam, b. 1891Spanky Wilson, b. 1947Katy Moffatt, b. 1950Louella Tomlinson, b. 1988

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Louella
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Louella mean, and where does it come from?
Modern compound form, often from Lou + Ella; origin mixed/uncertain. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
What are other forms of the name Louella?
In the etymology graph, Luisa, Luiza and Louisa are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Louise and Lou.
In which country does Louella have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Louella in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled louella.
How common is the name Louella?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,067 people named Louella in 2020, about 1 in 66 thousand residents.
How common is Louella compared with other names?
In Cuba, Louella is the 632nd most common given name of 6,267 given names recorded there.
Is Louella a male or female name?
Louella is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Louella” — the 632nd most common given name in Cuba. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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