Avella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-VEL-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Avella is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Avella mean?
Modern: blend of Ava and Bella or Ella; also an Italian place name
Avella is a town near Naples whose ancient name, Abella, gave Latin avellana 'hazelnut'.
Is Avella a girl's or a boy's name?
Avella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avella in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
Avella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
How popular is Avella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Avella, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Avella in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Nicknames for Avella
- Ava 1,836 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Avella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aurora, Athena, Arla, Alora, Ava, Alana, Alayna, Aria, Alina, Arabella, Matilda, Alyana
Names related to Avella
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Avella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avella, updated 20 October 2026.