Given name
Emela
“a kind and caring woman”
Emela is a variant of Emelle. One American interpretation is “a kind and caring woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Emela is a variant of Emelle. One American interpretation is “a kind and caring woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Emela is a variant of Emelle. An origin associated with Emelle is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Emela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 5 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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