Ella: Meaning and Definition of
El•la
Pronunciation: (el'u), [key]
— n.
- a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”
-ella
- a suffix used as a formative in taxonomic names, esp. genus names of bacteria: chorella; pasteurella; salmonella.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.