Pella

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Pernilla and Petronella (see Petronilla)

2) Female form of Pelle

Related Names

Pella	♀
Pälla	♀

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Pella
Genitive:	Pellas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Pella
Genitive:	Pellas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1794

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1919
  • 1960-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map
  • Sydsverige
  • Dalarna

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 48 people were named Pella (percentage of first or only given name: 85 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		143	216	143	210	0	6
Denmark		14	n.a.	14	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	11	n.a.	11	0	0
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Pella (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.