Around the world, Elema (Elema 
, Элема 
) is quite a rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine first name. The given name Elema is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare principally female, but very infrequently male name, Nigeria, where it is a rare unisex name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare predominantly female, but very infrequently masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and India. Likewise, Elema is the last name as well as the forename.