Girl
Della
Della is a girl's name meaning "Germanic, noble", drawing on Germanic roots. It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. In total, about 56,165 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
EtymologyDiminutive of Adela/Adeline
GermanicGermanic – "noble"
Births by decade
1900s
5,964
1910s
9,481
1920s
10,422
1930s
7,970
1940s
6,365
1950s
6,038
1960s
4,584
1970s
1,804
1980s
814
1990s
512
2000s
718
2010s
1,493
Peaked in the 1920s · 56,165 total U.S. births since 1900