Ela (name)

Ela is a female first name. It comes from the Aramaic word Elah meaning "oak". It is a nickname for Elen, Eliška, Elizabeth, Elektra, Angela or Eleanor.

In Turkish Ela means Hazel and it is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury (1187–1261), English noblewoman
 * Ela Bhatt (1933-2022), Indian co-operative organiser and activist
 * Ela Chapin, American politician from Vermont
 * Ela Collins (1786–1848), American lawyer and politician
 * Ela Darling (born 1986), American pornographic actress and businesswoman
 * Ela Longespee (1244–1276), English heiress
 * Ela Gandhi (born 1940), Indian politician and activist
 * Ela Lehotská (born 1973), Slovak actress
 * Ela Q. May, child actress of the Edwardian era
 * Ela Orleans (born 1971), Polish composer
 * Ela Peroci (1922–2001), Slovene writer
 * Ela Pitam (born 1977), Israeli chess grandmaster
 * Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), Czech holocaust survivor
 * Ela Velden (born 1972), Mexican actress and model
 * Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe (born 1969), New Zealand visual artist and arts administrator
 * Ela Weber (born 1966), German model, showgirl and actress