First name in jazz
The crossword clue "First name in jazz" is answered by ELLA, a 4-letter entry. Used 79 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ELLA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELLA answer page.
Used 79 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this pilot link to their own answer page.
- EUBIE (2 uses in xd)
- LOUIS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELLA
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ELLA, most used first.
- Singer Fitzgerald - used 268 times, most recently in 2026
- First name in scat - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Jazzy Fitzgerald - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Jazz great Fitzgerald - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Jazz legend Fitzgerald - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Fitzgerald of jazz - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- First place - EDEN, used 215 times
- Baseball family name - ALOU, used 183 times
- Edison's middle name - ALVA, used 156 times
- First-class - AONE, used 143 times
- James of jazz - ETTA, used 137 times
- Elevator name - OTIS, used 135 times
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