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Luella

“Variant of Louella — Famous in battle” — Frankish via French origin

Girl's name · #778 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Luella has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #120 (1881) · 32,605 babies named Luella all-time · 1 in 4,500 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,200 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 4,400 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Luellas

• Luella Dowd Smith — American author (1847–1941)
• Luella Gear — actor (1897-1980)
• Luella Miner — American educator, missionary in China
• Luella Bartley — British fashion designer and journalist
• Luella Johnston — American businesswoman, civic reformer, suffragette

What Luellas become

Among 29 notable people named Luella:

Artists & writers appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luella Dowd Smith, American author (1847–1941).

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