Abella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-BEL-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Abella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Abella mean?
Hebrew: probably a feminine form of Abel, now often read as A + Bella
Abella of Salerno was a fourteenth-century physician who taught at the famous medical school of Salerno in Italy.
Is Abella a girl's or a boy's name?
Abella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Abella, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Abella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Abella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Abella, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Abella than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Abella in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,523 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 85 | #2,190 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,458 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Nicknames for Abella
- Bella 567 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Abella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Ava, Ariella, Aria, Eliana, Isla, Ayra, Aurora, Mila, Amara, Isabella, Eliza
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abella, updated 20 October 2026.