Zela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Zela by the numbers
Zela was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Zela
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 Zela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zeldagray battle; variant of Griselda454 in the US (2017)
- Zolaball of earth or soil236 in the US (2017)
- Zenawelcoming, hospitable; form of xenia81 in the US (2017)
- Zetasixth letter of the greek alphabet21 in the US (2017)
- Zeliazealous; a form of Zeal3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zeraseed5 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Zela
Names that are said the same way as Zela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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