Mela
[ˈmɛːla]Meaning
A feminine given name recorded in English, Galician and Polish; also a Sanskrit word for a fair or gathering.
Background Story
Behind the Name records Mela as a feminine given name in English, Galician and Polish, though the entry is user-submitted. In Galician it derives from Carmela, from Carme plus the suffix -ela. In Finnish, mela was created as a Fennicized surname in the late 19th century, possibly first adopted by Aukusti Juhana Mela. In Sanskrit, mela means "gathering" or "fair".
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