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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.[1] 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 Naz Özdemir (born 2006), Turkish swimmer
- 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