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Worldwide, Dela (Dela , ديلا , דלה ) is a common gender-neutral given name. The forename Dela is characteristic of Ghana, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom masculine name, and Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare girly name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, Ghana, and India. Likewise, Dela is the last name as well as the forename.
Dela is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Della Street , the Confidential secretary of Perry Mason; Della Duck , the sister of Donald Duck, DuckTales; Della Leiter , character in Licence to Kill and Della Alexander , the fictional character in the soap opera EastEnders.