Forename Chela

In all the world, Chela (Chela , Chel , شيلا ) is a common unisex first name. The given name Chela is characteristic of Saint Lucia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Panama, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Philippines. Likewise, Chela is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Chela is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Chela

name 扯拉, name Chéla, name Chëla, name Хела, name 撤拉, name Chele, name ဆေလ, name شيلا, name Michelada, name Chèla, name Шела, name Chel, name Chelá, name 克腊, name Чела, name 赫拉, name 克拉, name Chela

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Chela	Algeria, Zambia, Mexico, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chel	Algeria, Mexico, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar
شيلا	Iraq, Sudan, Iran, Yemen
Чела	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Chele, Chelá, Chèla, Chéla, Chëla, Michelada, Хела, Шела, ဆေလ, 克拉, 克腊, 扯拉, 撤拉, and 赫拉

First name Chela in the context

Chela is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bonnie Bennett , the fictional character in The Vampire Diaries television series; Sheila Brooks , the character in The West Wing; Sheila Broflovski , the fictional character from South Park; Margaret Thompson , the fictional character in Boardwalk Empire and Sheila Carter , the character from The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	chela cordero Argentinian actor, AR (b. 1892)
	chela campos Mexican singer and actress (1922-1982), MX (b. 1922)
	chela villamil de bengoa Uruguayan writer, UY (b. 1902)
	chela reyes Chilean writer, CL (b. 1904)
	chela lora Mexicana singer, US (b. 1962)
	chela d'gar Cuban actress (1921-2017), CU (b. 1921)
	chela nájera Mexican actress (1928-1998), MX (b. 1928)
	chela castro Mexican actress (1929-2014), MX (b. 1929)
	chela del río Colombian actor (1930-2010), CO (b. 1930)
	chela matthison canadian-British actress (b. 1942)
	chela cardalda Argentinian actor, AR (b. 1948)
	chela arias Colombian actor, CO (b. 1949)
	chela weiss (b. 1947)
	chela ceballos Colombian singer (1965-2016), CO (b. 1965)
	chela de ferrari PE (b. 1956)