Baby name
Lionella
/lee · oh · NEL · lah/
Meaning
“Little lion”
Italian feminine diminutive of Lionello, itself a diminutive of Leone; an aristocratic Italian form rarely used today.
How it ages.
Ornate and archaic; a genuine Italian rarity that reads more as historical than fashionable.
The cultural moment.
Rare in Italy; historical usage with no significant modern trend.