Given name & surname
Chela
“one who provides consolation”
Chela is a variant of Consuela. One Spanish interpretation is “one who provides consolation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chela is a variant of Consuela. One Spanish interpretation is “one who provides consolation.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chela is a variant of Consuela. An origin associated with Consuela is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 474
- 0 boys · 474 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 79 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 79 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 671 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chela’s family of names
Chela has a related form in Consuela. In Greek usage, Chela as a surname is a transliteration of Χελά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Chela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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