Name meaning & stats
Lela
Lela means “play or divine play” (Sanskrit origin). 13,259 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“play or divine play”
SanskritSpelling of Leela
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
13,259 US babies were named Lela between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lela (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 55% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)