as a Last Name
- 17,172
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Vela
Meaning & Origins
Spanish, Catalan and Galician: of uncertain derivation; it could be from the pre-Roman personal name Vela (compare Basque bela, vela ‘raven’). More likely perhaps, it may be a byname from vela meaning either ‘sail’ or ‘watchman’.
| 1,801st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,172
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Texas
- has the most people named Vela per capita
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