Della

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Dela in PH Philippines, MX Mexico, BR Brazil and 10 more, Dula in AL Albania, XK Kosovo and Dulaa in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Della is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian given name31K records spelled Della6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Dellà, Déllà, Dèlla, Ďella, Dèllà

• Indonesian given name19K records spelled Della5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Also written 'Della, Della', Dellå, Dellá

• a separate given name17K records spelled Della2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Italy

  Also written Dêlla

• Danish given name1.1K records spelled Della7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, United Kingdom, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Dellà

• Greek given name749 records spelled Della4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Dellá, Δελλα, Δελλά

• Turkish given name669 records spelled Della3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Syria, United Kingdom

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Dellà

• Hungarian given name612 records spelled Della2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Dellà

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Della is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name originating as a coinage.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English: name which first appeared in the 1870s and has continued to grow steadily in popularity ever since. Its derivation is not clear; if it is not simply an arbitrary creation, it may be an altered form of DELIA or DELILAH , or a short form of ADELA . In modern use it is sometimes taken as a feminine form of DELL .

  as a word

• In Portuguese, Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dela.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, contraction of di la; of the, from the

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, (contraction of de and ella) of the

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Della Foxb. 1870USAmerican actor, singer and comedian (1870-1913)
• Della Pringleb. 1870USAmerican stage actress (1870-1952)
• Della H. Raneyb. 1912USAfrican-American army nurse
• Della Reeseb. 1931USAmerican actress and singer (1931-2017)
• Della Jonesb. 1946GBWelsh mezzo-soprano
• Della Au Belattib. 1974USAmerican politician
• Ding Dangb. 1982CNnot in their usual nameChinese singer
• Della Daneb. 1984USAmerican pornographic actress
• Della Destiara Harisb. 1992IDIndonesian badminton player
• Lara Della Meab. 1999ITItalian alpine skier

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 355 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Della?

We estimate roughly 93 thousand people bear Della (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Della have the most bearers?

Della is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled dela.

How common is Della compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Della is the most common surname of 986,934 surnames recorded there.

Is Della a male or female name?

Della is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Della mean?

Recorded meaning: probably from Delia or Delilah; diminutive of Adele/Adelaide