Louella

Where Louella comes from

From Lou (name) + -ella (diminutive suffix). First attested in the 19th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Louella
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #265 among girls — 34 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Louella Parsons born
    American gossip columnist
  3. 1881
    Peak, #235
    44 babies named Louella — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1891
    Louella Maxam born
    American actress
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,632.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Louella Parsons · American gossip columnist, 1881–1972
  • Louella Maxam · American actress, 1891–1970
  • Louella Tomlinson · Australian basketball player, born 1988

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.