Della - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Della \d(el)-

is pronounced DEL-ah. It is of German origin, and its meaning is "noble". Short form of Adela, Adeline, and Adelaide. Used as an independent name since the 1870s. Singer Della Reese.

Della has 4 variant forms: Dell, Delle, Dellene and Delline.

For more information, see also related names Alida, Cordelia and Delicia.

Baby names that sound like Della are Delly, Delli, Dilla, Dela, Delia, Dalla, Delya and Diella.

Della is a very common first name for women (#376 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#52227 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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