Vela

Vela or Velas may refer to:

Astronomy

 * Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails)
 * Vela (Chinese astronomy)
 * Vela Pulsar
 * Vela X-1, a pulsing, eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary system

Places

 * Vela Bluff, Antarctica
 * Vela, Dolj, Romania
 * Vela (Ilidža – Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Velas, Maharashtra, India

Ships

 * CMA CGM Vela, a container ship in service since 2008
 * USNS Vela (T-AK-89), US Army port repair ship
 * Vela-class submarine, of the Indian Navy
 * INS Vela (S40), in service 1973–2010

Technology

 * Project Vela, a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty
 * Vela (satellite), a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing
 * Vela incident, an international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test
 * Versatile Laboratory Aid (VELA), a data logging tool used in education

Given name

 * Vela Jiménez (fl. 882–883), Count of Álava
 * Vela Ladrón (fl. 1136–1174), Spanish nobleman
 * Vela Manusaute, Niuean writer and director
 * Vela Ovéquiz (fl. 1065–1085), count in the Kingdom of Galicia
 * Vela Peeva (1922–1944), Bulgarian partisan
 * Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan-American economist

Surname

 * Alejandro Vela (born 1984), Mexican footballer
 * Alexandra Vela, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
 * Arqueles Vela (1899–1977), Guatemalan-Mexican writer, journalist, and teacher
 * Blanca Vela (1936–2014), American politician
 * Blasco Núñez Vela (1490–1546), viceroy of Peru
 * Carlos Vela (born 1989), Mexican footballer
 * Carmen Vela (born 1955), Spanish entrepreneur, researcher, and cabinet minister
 * Cindy Vela (born 1979), American actress, model, and saxophonist
 * Cristóbal Vela (1588–1654), Spanish Baroque painter and gilder
 * Ernesto Vela (born 1968), Mexican Olympic swimmer
 * Filemon Vela, Jr. (born 1963), American lawyer and politician
 * Filemon Vela, Sr. (1935–2004), United States federal judge
 * Giuseppe Vela Júnior (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
 * Gonzalo Vázquez Vela (1893–1963), Mexican politician
 * José Manuel Vela Bargues (1962–2022), Spanish economist and politician
 * Josh Vela (born 1993), English footballer
 * Lucé Vela, First Lady of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2013
 * Marco Alonso Vela (born 1961), Mexican politician
 * Moises Vela, American lawyer and government advisor
 * Nallely Vela (born 1986), Mexican sprinter
 * Norma Safford Vela, American television writer, director, and producer
 * Orlando Vela (born 1994), Mexican footballer
 * Rafael Cárdenas Vela, Mexican drug cartel leader
 * Ricky Vela, American songwriter and keyboardist
 * Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 1952), Mexican scientist and astronaut
 * Rosie Vela (born 1954), American model and singer-songwriter
 * Sergio Vela (born 1964), Mexican-American opera director
 * Spartaco Vela (1853–1895), Italian painter, son of Vincenzo Vela
 * Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891), Swiss-Italian sculptor

Other uses

 * Nemmara Vallangi Vela, an annual festival of a village called Nemmara in South India
 * Vela International Marine, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco
 * Vela, a playable character in the video game Jet Force Gemini
 * Vela, a religious, cultural celebration from the city of Tehuantepec, Mexico
 * Vela, an alternative appellation for Mokosh, the consort of the Slavic god of thunder
 * Vela (crab), a genus of land crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae
 * Vela (film), a 2023 Indian crime drama