Ela (name)
Ela is a feminine given name of Turkish origin meaning "hazel".
Ela is also an Aramaic feminine given name. It comes from the Aramaic word Elah meaning "oak". It is a nickname for Elen, Eliška, Elizabeth, Elektra, Angela or Eleanor.
Etymology
Turkish
Ela originates from Ottoman Turkish الا, meaning "of hazel color", which is derived from the Proto-Turkic *āla, meaning "variegated", "multicolored" or "ambiguous color". It is a variant of Turkish ala. It is also co-origin with the Proto-Turkic *āl, meaning "red".In contemporary Turkish, ela is also used to refer to hazel eyes.
Popularity
In Turkey, the name was ranked the 17th most commonly given name to baby girls between 2020 and 2021.Homonyms
The name Ela is often falsely linked to the Persian word اعلی, which itself is borrowed from the Arabic أعلى, meaning "elevation" or "superior". The Turkish variant of this Arabic word would be âlâ or Ala as a name, and is unrelated to the Turkish word ala / ela.Given name
- Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, English noblewoman
- Ela Bhatt, Indian co-operative organiser and activist
- Ela Chapin, American politician from Vermont
- Ela Collins, American lawyer and politician
- Ela Darling, American pornographic actress and businesswoman
- Ela Longespee, English heiress
- Ela Gandhi, South African politician and activist
- Ela Lehotská, Slovak actress
- Ela Naz Özdemir, Turkish swimmer
- Ela Q. May, child actress of the Edwardian era
- Ela Orleans, Polish composer
- Ela Peroci, Slovene writer
- Ela Pitam, Israeli chess grandmaster
- Ela Stein-Weissberger, Czech holocaust survivor
- Ela Velden, Mexican actress and model
- Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe, New Zealand visual artist and arts administrator
- Ela Weber, German model, showgirl and actress