75%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Italian Pronounced Pron. /or.ˈnɛl.la/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Created by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio for his novel La Figlia di Jorio (1904). It is derived from Tuscan Italian ornello meaning "flowering ash tree". PopularityDetails Last ranked #408 in 2013 France People think this name isRate·Details modern youthful formal upper class natural wholesome refined strange Categories ends in -ella, ends in -nella, flora, flowers, green, invented, Jamaican sprinters, nature, plants, pop music, pop singers, trees