Entry № 11202 · Sanskrit origin

Vela Vela — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VEH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Time / shore"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "time / shore".

Vela is from the Sanskrit Velā.

Time / shore — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

वेला
Transliteration
Velā
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɛ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vela stands.

Vela does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Velas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kala-Vela Vedic astrology / Vela-Mata Sindhi Hindu
Sanskrit time appointed-time shore boundary + Kāla-Velā auspicious-time Vedic astrology + ocean-shore + Muhūrta-Velā auspicious-moment + Vela-Mātā Sindhi Hindu goddess-worship
Hindu astrology

Names connected to Vela.

The number behind Vela.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vela reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.