Ela is a female first name. It comes from the Aramaic word Elah meaning "oak". It is a nickname for Elen, Eliška, Elizabeth, Elektra, Angela or Eleanor.
In Turkish Ela means Hazel and it is a female given name.[1] Notable people with the name include:
- Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury (1187–1261), English noblewoman
 - Ela Bhatt (1933-2022), Indian co-operative organiser and activist
 - Ela Collins (1786–1848), American lawyer and politician
 - Ela Darling (born 1986), American pornographic actress and businesswoman
 - Ela Longespee (1244–1276), English heiress
 - Ela Gandhi (born 1940), Indian politician and activist
 - Ela Lehotská (born 1973), Slovak actress
 - Ela Q. May, child actress of the Edwardian era
 - Ela Orleans (born 1971), Polish composer
 - Ela Peroci (1922–2001), Slovene writer
 - Ela Pitam (born 1977), Israeli chess grandmaster
 - Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930–2018), Czech holocaust survivor
 - Ela Velden (born 1972), Mexican actress and model
 - Ela Weber (born 1966), German model, showgirl and actress
 - Ela Altın, Turkish singer
 - Ela Saygın, Turkish singer
 - Ela Kaya, Turkish singer
 
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