Rynella is an unincorporated community in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The name Rynella allegedly is a portmanteau deriving from the last two letters of the first names of three local women, RosemaRY, PauliNE, and LeiLA McIlhenny (someone eventually adding an extra L to the resulting word).

They were daughters of Edward Avery McIlhenny, a noted Louisiana conservationist who presided over McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand pepper sauce at nearby Avery Island.

The McIlhenny family operated a general store at Rynella and he owned much of the land that now comprises and surrounds the community.

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