All over the world, Semla (Semla 
, Simila 
) is quite a rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine given name. The forename Semla is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare feminine name, Greece, and India, where it is a very rare mostly female, but seldom boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. Also, Semla is the last name as well as the forename.