Given name & surname

Trela

“resembling a star”

Trela is a variant of Trella. In Spanish use, Trella carries the interpretation “resembling a star.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Trela is a variant of Trella. In Spanish use, Trella carries the interpretation “resembling a star.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Trela comes from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Polish Trela.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Trela connects to the Estelle name family through Trella. The history of Estelle gives this family its wider story. Estelle experienced a revival in the 19th century.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Trela through the years

Babies since 1880
33
0 boys · 33 girls
Most popular year
1960
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012341960198020002025Highest share 19640.0
Trela in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1953–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 572 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.

Trela’s family of names

Trela has a related form in Trella. In Greek usage, Trela as a surname is a transliteration of Τρέλα.

Walk Trela’s family in the name graph

TrelaΤρέλαTrella

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Trela, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · Nature

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“plum tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Lorra

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Lorette

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

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>99% girls

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Lorilynn

“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Polish · Nature

Ostrow

“river island”

No U.S. birth series

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Polish · Nature

Lechsinska

“a beautiful maiden of the forest”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Nature

Irvina

“friend of the sea”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Nature

Merryl

“of the shining sea”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Trela’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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