Ela

Where Ela comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ela.

  • Vowel-ended
Ela through the years
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #931
    14 babies named Ela, its best rank.
  3. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,659.
  4. 1933
    Ela Bhatt born
    founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
  5. 1940
    Ela Gandhi born
    South African politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Ela Bhatt · founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA), 1933–2022
  • Ela Gandhi · South African politician, born 1940
  • Ela Weber · German actress, born 1966
  • Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury · English heiress and suo jure Countess of Salisbury, 1187–1261
  • Ela Peroci · Children's writer, poet, journalist, 1922–2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.