Lela

Where Lela comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lela.

  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Lela through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #141 among girls, with 106 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #113
    425 babies named Lela, its best rank.
  3. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #684.
  4. 1984
    Lela Javakhishvili born
    Georgian chess player
  5. 1985
    Lela Star born
    American pornographic actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Georgian ლელა (lela).
  • A female given name from Arabic, possibly a variant of Leila.
Namesakes
  • Lela Star · American pornographic actress, born 1985
  • Lela Javakhishvili · Georgian chess player, born 1984
  • Lela Rochon · American actress and film producer, born 1964
  • Lela Karagianni · Greek resistance leader, 1898–1944
  • Lela Tsurtsumia · Georgian singer, born 1969

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.