Ornella
Ornella is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Ornella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ornella is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Ornella
American parents first put Ornella on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 12 Ornellas were born — ranking #9,034 that year. About 35% of every Ornella on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ornella last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 234 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ornella
Ornella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 234 births in the dataset. Ornella's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #9,034. Use the chart and map above to compare Ornella's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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