Della (name)

Della is a female given name, a variant of Adela. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Della Au Belatti (born 1974), Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
• Della Davidson (1951–2012), American modern dancer and choreographer
• Della Ding (born 1982), or Ding Dang, Chinese pop singer
• Della Hann, American psychologist and research administrator
• Della Jones (born 1946), Welsh opera and concert mezzo-soprano singer
• Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?), American author and journalist
• Della Moore (c. 1880–1926), American prostitute
• Della Purves (1945–2008), British botanical artist
• Della Reese (1931–2017), American jazz and gospel singer, and actress
• Della Sehorn (1927–2001), competitive breaststroke swimmer
• Della Woods (born 1940), dragster driver

Fictional characters

• Della Alexander, a character in the soap opera EastEnders
• Della Dillingham Young, one of the main characters of the short story The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• Della Duck, twin sister of Donald Duck and mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie
• Della Street, the secretary of Perry Mason
• Della Vacker, a character in the book series "Keeper of the Lost Cities" by Shannon Messenger
• Adaline “Della” Bowman, from the movie “Age of Adaline” with Blake Lively

Surname

• George W. Della Jr. (born 1943), American politician

Surname component

• Piero della Francesca (c. 1415 – 1492), Italian Renaissance painter
• Della Gherardesca family of the republic of Pisa
• Ivan Della Mea (1940–2009), Italian actor, writer and singer
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) Italian nobleman and philosopher
• Giambattista della Porta (1535–1615) Neapolitan polymath
• Della Rovere, Italian noble family
• Della Scala, the Scaliger Veronese noble family
• Della Torre or Torriani, Lombard noble family