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Worldwide, جيلا (Gila , Jela , جيلا ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The forename جيلا is habitual in Southern Europe, particularly Croatia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Serbia. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Pakistan, and Croatia. Likewise, جيلا is the last name as well as the forename.
جيلا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gil Grissom , the fictional character on the CBS crime drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Gil Gunderson , the character of The Simpsons; Јела , character in Before happiness; Gil Hamilton , the fictional human from narrative universe Known Space by Larry Niven and Gil , the character from Descendants 2, among other works.