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Marcella is pretty enough. I wouldn't use it- I'd be more inclined to go with something like Marceline. Actually, I'd rather use Marcy or Marcie as a full name. I love retro names, and if necessary that would be the nickname I'd choose for Marcella, rather than Ella. Ella and variants are so common right now that I don't even blink.

I have always liked it. That and Marceline have always appealed to me.. I also like the idea of having March as a nick name- that may be why.

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Eh- especially since you like Ella I say kudos to Marcella!

I like it a lot, as well as Marcelle. I've loved Marcelle for a long time, since I read The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett when I was younger. I love it with the nn Marcie especially, but Ella is also very nice.

I think Marcella is very pretty. I doubt I'd ever use it or consider using it, but it's quite attractive.
Ella does nothing at all for me, as a full name or a nn. In fact, I find it even more obnoxious when it's used as a nn for some other name. It's like the pretty and dignified and uncommon Marcella is dumbed down by being knocked down to the ubiquitous Ella.

I was thinking about it, too, but I can't stand the NN Ella. Just not one of my favorites.

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Anyway, I really like it. I think it's soft, but straight-forward.

It's on my longer list of favorites. It's a good name... one of the less frilly seeming ella names. Kinda ageless, too IMO. Calling her Ella doesn't really appeal to me since that cuts out all the good part - I think Marcy is as ready for renewal as Betsy is, while Ella seems kind of incomplete and easy to forget for me. But it's ok.

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Tangent to this topic...

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I've discovered that, counter to my intuition from reading the names just as names, the name Annabel / Annabelle sounds more frivolous to me on a real person than the name Arabella does.

This message was edited 5/1/2014, 2:01 PM

It's not one I love, but I can certainly appreciate it. It is indeed strong and feminine at the same time. Marcy is kind of a cute nickname too. I think I'd prefer it to Ella, as Ella is so so common as a full name and a nickname.

While I dislike the nickname Ella, I love Marcella and agree with your assessment of it wholeheartedly.