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Around the globe, Yela (Yela , Ела ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Yela is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare feminine name, the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare girly name, and Tanzania, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. More prevalently, Yela is the last name as well as the forename.
Yela is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Elah , the biblical person, 1 Kings 16.