Heela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Heela by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Heela. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Heela
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 Heela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Heeradiamond4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Helathe underworld; a Norse mythological name4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Helenabright or shining light131 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hennahenna plant used for dye30 in the US (2017)
- Heliarelated to the sun; form of Helios13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henyagrace; a form of hana or hannah7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Heela
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