Cella

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Cella is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English56%

  The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish13%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Cella in Spanish.

• Portuguese13%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Cella in Portuguese.

• Italian5.8%

  do lat. cella, 'despensa'; ligado a capela, granja ou povoado

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• French5.3%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Cella in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Cella is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Célla

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Cella is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Hungarian, cell (room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Bokmål, definite feminine singular of celle

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, a small room, a hut, storeroom

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite singular of celle

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Johann Jakob Cellab. 1756DEGerman jurist and lawyer
• Ettore Cellab. 1913CHSwiss actor and film director (1913-2004)
• Charles J. Cellab. 1936USAmerican businessman (1936-2017)
• Len Cellab. 1937USfilm director
• Giancarlo Cellab. 1940ITItalian footballer
• Bernhard Cellab. 1963ATAustrian artist
• Roberta Cellab. 1969ITItalian linguist
• Adam Cellab. 1985USAmerican mixed martial artist
• Stefania CellaITItalian scenographer
• Tiziano CellaITItalian film director

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Cella mean, and where does it come from?

The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Cella?

A machine transcription gives /sɛla/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Cella have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Cella in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cella.

How common is the name Cella?

In Brazil, the national register counted 2,544 people named Cella, about 1 in 83 thousand residents.