Ela

Ela is a name used across several language traditions with distinct origins. In Turkish and some Slavic contexts it functions as an independent name meaning hazel or hazel-colored, referring to the warm brown tone of hazel eyes or wood. In Hebrew contexts it is sometimes treated as a short form of names meaning oak tree or terebinth, and in Germanic traditions it can appear as a diminutive of names beginning with the element ali, meaning other or foreign. Related forms include Elah, Ella, and Elke.