In the world, Jela (Jela 
, Жела 
, جيلا 
) is a common mostly girly, but seldom masculine given name. The forename Jela is habitual in Croatia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Bulgaria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Bulgaria, India, and Croatia. Likewise, Jela is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Jela | South Africa, Philippines, Serbia, Croatia, India |
| Жела | Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia |
| جيلا | Sudan, Iraq, Iran |
Alena, Alenka, Elena, Eleni, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Helene, Helka, Heléna, Hélène, Ileana, Jelena, Jeļena, Jéla, Leana, Leena, Lena, Lene, Lenka, Lenke, Lenuța, Léna, Nuța, Olena, Έλεν, Έλενα, Ελένα, Ελένη, Λένα, Алена, Аленка, Альона, Алёна, Гелен, Гелена, Ела, Елен, Елена, Елена, Элена, Хелена, Елени, Йела, Йелена, Лена, Лене, Ленка, Ленке, Ленуца, Леэна, Лина,
Jela is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Јела , character in Before happiness.
| jela spielmann prisoner in Theresienstadt Ghetto, b. 1879-03-18 (b. 1879) |
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| jela lustig holocaust victim, b. 1881-06-26, CZ (b. 1881) |
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| jela spiridonović-savić Yugoslav poet (b. 1891) |
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| jela koscheraková holocaust victim, b. 1892-05-25, CZ (b. 1892) |
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| jela fabianová holocaust victim, b. 1893-07-24, CZ (b. 1893) |
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| jela taussigová holocaust victim, b. 1895-05-25, CZ (b. 1895) |
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jela špitková Czechoslovak musician, AT (b. 1947) |
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| jela sutnarová (b. 1899) |
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| jela siebenscheinová holocaust victim, b. 1912-09-14, CZ (b. 1912) |
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| jela trnkoczy SI (b. 1905) |
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jela krečič Slovene journalist, SI (b. 1979) |
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| jela lukešová Slovak actress (1930-2012), SK (b. 1930) |
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| jela raimanová (b. 1925) |
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| jela brozmanová (b. 1936) |
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| jela salvová badminton player, SK (b. 1946) |
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