Given name & surname
Pela
“woman of the sea”
Pela is used as a given name and a surname. One Polish interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Polish interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 6 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 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 225 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.
Pela’s family of names
Pela has a related form in Pelah. Pela has a related form in Pella. Pela has a related form in Pellah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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