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GelaIn Hebrew: גלה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Gela (Hebrew: גלה) is a unisex name. 158 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1983, with 6 babies.
- People in Israel
- 158
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1983
- 6 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gela
In Hebrew letters the name is גלה, read right to left. Gela is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Gela by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Gela
How do you write Gela in Hebrew?
Gela is written גלה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Gela?
158 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גלה: 110 women and 48 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Gela a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 70% of the people named גלה are women and 30% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.