A name from Scripture
Nella
NEL-uh
Meaning
Shining light; Bright one
Italian/Greek origin · Girl
What it points to
Nella shines as light in the world — a candle on a candlestick, blameless among the crooked, the bright one who cannot be hidden.
Verses · King James Version
“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.”
Matthew 5:15
“That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.”
Philippians 2:15