Aela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Aela by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Aela. In the US, 33 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Aela
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aela
Names that are said the same way as Aela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Aela
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