Israella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- iz-ray-EL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Israella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “struggles with God”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Israella mean?
Hebrew: feminine form of Israel
“struggles with God”
In Genesis, Jacob is renamed Israel after wrestling through the night with a mysterious divine figure.
Is Israella a girl's or a boy's name?
Israella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Israella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Israella, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Israella in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Israella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Nicknames for Israella
Names like Israella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Seraphina Isabella Zamira Elianna Eliora Azariah Hadassa Briella Isla Eliana Ariella
Names related to Israella
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Israella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/israella, updated 20 October 2026.