Maela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Maela by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Maela. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Maela
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 Maela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malagarland or necklace8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahladisease or sickness4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maeva366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayla29 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maela
Names that are said the same way as Maela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Maela
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