Della

Where Della comes from

Possibly a variant of Adela or Delia. First appeared in the 19th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Della
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #66 among girls — 391 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #60
    428 babies named Della — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1931
    Della Reese born
    American actress and singer
  4. 1959
    Della Sowah born
    Ghanaian politician and member of parliament
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #708.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Della Reese · American actress and singer, 1931–2017
  • Della Sowah · Ghanaian politician and member of parliament, born 1959
  • Della H. Raney · African-American army nurse, 1912–1987
  • Della Jones · Welsh mezzo-soprano, born 1946
  • Della Destiara Haris · Indonesian badminton player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.