Ellah
Girl · EL-a · Germanic
Ellah is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “other”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Ellah mean?
Germanic: spelling of Ella; Germanic, via Norman French; later also a short form of Eleanor and Ellen
“other”
Brought to England by the Normans and later revived as a short form of Eleanor; jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is a famous bearer.
- Say it
- EL-a
Meaning borrowed from Ella. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ellah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ellah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ellah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,151 girls in the UK were given Ellah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Ella 1,148
- Ellah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ellah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Ellah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Ellah, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Ellah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,860 girls in the US were given Ellah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #40, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
- Ella 5,831
- Ellah 29
Ellah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,514 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,751 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
Nicknames for Ellah
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ellah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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