Ela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 54 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ela by the numbers
In 2025, 54 babies in England and Wales were named Ela. In the US, 115 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 117 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ela
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 Ela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ellaall, completely; fairy maiden8,020 in the US (2017)
- Evalife; form of Eve758 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elsanoble; form of Elisabeth424 in the US (2017)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elanenthusiasm; liveliness; spirited vigor142 in the US (2017)
- Emawhole; universal; short form of Emma37 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Ela
Names that are said the same way as Ela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.