Given name & surname
Fela
“a warlike man”
Fela is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a warlike man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a warlike man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 5 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 9 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 as a first name in 2020; 182 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fela’s family of names
Fela has a related form in Felicia. Fela has a related form in Felah. Fela has a related form in Fella.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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