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Across the world, Vela (Vela
, Вела
, 维拉
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name Vela is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is a common girly name, South Africa, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently feminine name, and India, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. More frequently, Vela is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Vela | Colombia, India, Mexico, United States, Peru |
| Вела | Kazakhstan, Russia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| 维拉 | China |
| فيلا | Iran, Egypt, Yemen |
Vela is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Vira , the fictional character from Granblue Fantasy; Vera Sweet ; Vera Duckworth , the Wife of Jack Duckworth, Coronation Street; Vera Cantor , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Uncanny X-Men and Vera Bilewski , the Fictional german police commissioner created by Klaus-Peter Wolf, among other works.