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Louella

Gender
Girl
Say it
loo-EL-a
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,416 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,467 for girls

Louella is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 1,467th for girls in the US (146 babies).

What does Louella mean?

Germanic: 19th-century blend of Lou (from Louise) and -ella

“famous warrior”

Variant spelling of Luella, a 19th-century blend of Lou and the name ending -ella.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Louella a girl's or a boy's name?

Louella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 146 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Louella in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,416th among girls
Babies in 2025
23 about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Louella, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 32 girls.

Half of all the girls named Louella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 83 girls in the UK were given Louella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #511, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 32 in 20242025
Louella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202523#1,416
202432#1,111
202326#1,322
202220#1,591
202113#2,202
202021#1,526
201923#1,439
201822#1,524
201716#1,913
20166#3,788
20156#3,777
20140–
20134#4,953
20125#4,390
20116#3,737
20103#5,938
20095#4,141
20085#4,065
20076#3,396
20060–
20059#2,360
20044#3,916
20034#3,768
20020–
20017#2,341
20000–
19995#2,912
19980–
19973#3,991
19964#3,289

How popular is Louella in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,467th among girls
Babies in 2025
146 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 79% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 146 girls in the US were named Louella, making it the 1,467th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 266 girls.

Half of all the girls named Louella in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 495 girls in the US were given Louella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #601, up from #1,467 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 266 in 19322025
Louella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025146#1,467
2024149#1,466
2023140#1,524
2022120#1,731
202185#2,186
202067#2,549
201981#2,249
201895#2,048
201762#2,744
201653#3,100
201542#3,649
201437#4,001
201347#3,365
201230#4,705
201120#6,332
201021#6,180
200924#5,707
200810#10,802
200719#6,808
200610#10,606
20055#16,455
20045#16,092
20039#10,420
200211#8,831
20010–
20000–
19998#10,338
19988#10,116
19975#13,719
199610#8,127
199511#7,509
199411#7,598
19937#10,581
199211#7,504
19918#9,328
19908#9,241
19898#8,755
198812#6,272
198715#5,069
198613#5,456
19857#8,315
198413#5,221
198311#5,822
198213#5,207
198115#4,745
198016#4,516
197914#4,841
197818#3,924
197714#4,651
197612#4,903
197526#2,811
197431#2,433
197317#3,634
197225#2,747
197124#2,874
197033#2,307
196932#2,254
196832#2,126
196722#2,632
196648#1,621
196540#1,801
196469#1,349
196365#1,372
196272#1,304
196171#1,318
196057#1,453
195976#1,224
195885#1,152
195797#1,054
195687#1,104
1955101#994
1954139#795
1953116#870
1952123#821
1951159#695
1950167#658
1949185#603
1948214#568
1947205#596
1946174#598
1945185#535
1944193#519
1943188#550
1942197#528
1941232#454
1940200#477
1939232#444
1938242#431
1937220#443
1936230#427
1935215#440
1934256#409
1933222#432
1932266#401
1931220#435
1930259#406
1929244#425
1928255#424
1927264#424
1926265#419
1925239#447
1924238#452
1923247#429
1922233#445
1921257#421
1920215#461
1919241#418
1918251#414
1917229#420
1916235#407
1915208#418
1914156#434
1913149#399
1912130#406
1911110#385
1910117#364
1909103#357
190881#405
190793#366
190671#405
190587#362
190477#374
190374#371
190280#357
190155#397
1900111#321
189962#368
189865#385
189776#337
189679#326
189550#397
189453#386
189356#360
189257#348
189175#291
189065#312
188949#351
188850#341
188759#274
188666#255
188548#290
188452#272
188347#265
188251#242
188144#235
188034#265

Nicknames for Louella

Names like Louella

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Matilda, Ada, Lola, Lottie, Etta, Rosa, Harriet, Clara, Ottilie, Flora, Ida, Ella

Other spellings of Louella

Luella

Names related to Louella

Luelle

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles

Every Germanic name

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, “Louella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/louella, updated 20 October 2026.