Entry № 7924 · Other origin

Ysella Ysella — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ee-SEL-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Modest (Cornish foundational + Cornish language revival)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Cornish)

A name that means "modest (cornish foundational + cornish language revival)".

Ysella is from the Cornish Ysellamodest, humble, reserved. A modern American baby name in the broader Cornish-Celtic heritage aesthetic. Ysella is one of the foundational Cornish feminine names — central to traditional Cornish Brittonic Celtic heritage of Cornwall (Kernow). The foundational Cornish language is one of the foundational Brittonic Celtic languages (alongside Welsh + Breton) — central to foundational Cornish cultural identity + foundational UNESCO declaration of critically endangered (2010) + foundational Cornish revival movement post-Henry Jenner's foundational Handbook of the Cornish Language (1904) + foundational Robert Morton Nance's foundational Unified Cornish + foundational Standard Written Form (2008). Foundational subject of foundational Cornish naming revival alongside Demelza (fort hill), Tegen (toy), Lowena (joy), Wenna (white).

Featured throughout Cornish heritage.

Modest (Cornish Brittonic Celtic). Foundational Cornish-Celtic feminine + foundational Cornish Brittonic Celtic language of Cornwall Kernow + UNESCO declaration of critically endangered 2010 + Cornish revival movement post-Henry Jenner Handbook of the Cornish Language 1904 + Robert Morton Nance Unified Cornish + Standard Written Form 2008 + foundational Cornish naming revival Demelza + Tegen + Lowena + Wenna.

The name in its native script.

Ysella
Transliteration
Ysella
Pronunciation
/ iːˈsɛ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ysella stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Ysella · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Ysellas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ysella
Cornish modest.

Names connected to Ysella.

The number behind Ysella.

1

The Pioneer

Ysella reduces to one.

Why families chose this name.

"Cornish modest. Six letters. Ysella."
Demelza · Mother of one · Truro