Gela
Gela is a city and comune (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Caltanissetta and is one of the few comuni in Italy with a population and area that exceed those of the provincial capital.
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Gela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gela is a city and comune (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Caltanissetta and is one of the few comuni in Italy with a population and area that exceed those of the provincial capital.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Georgian
The Story of Gela
American parents first put Gela on the record books as a baby girl name in 1965, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1980, when 6 Gelas were born — ranking #9,096 that year. About 38% of every Gela on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Gela last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Gela
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- Aeschylus
- Archestratus
- Polyzalus
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About the name Gela
Gela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 26 births in the dataset. Gela's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #9,096. Use the chart and map above to compare Gela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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