Across the world, Gela (Gela 
, Гела 
, Cellam 
) is a common epicene first name. The first name Gela is characteristic of Georgia, where it is a widespread masculine name, Bulgaria, where it is quite a common girly name, and Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Georgia, Ethiopia, and India. Likewise, Gela is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Gela | Philippines, Ethiopia, India, Georgia, South Africa |
| Гела | Poland, Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine |
| Cellam | Brazil, United States, Malaysia, India |
| გელა | Georgia |
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archestrato di gela Mid-4th-century BCE Greek poet, IT (b. 350) |
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| timagora di gela ancient philosopher of Sicily, IT (b. 350) |
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| hippocrates of gela Greek Sicilian tyrant of Gela from 498 to 491 BC (b. 600) |
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| gela painter Ancient attic Greek vase painter of black-figure style, GR (b. 600) |
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gela seksztajn Polish painter (1907-1943), PL (b. 1907) |
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| gela volkmann-steinhardt DE (b. 1908) |
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xhevdet gela Finnish footballer, FI (b. 1989) |
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gela bolkvadze Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler (b. 1995) |
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| gela nash-taylor fashion designer; co-founder of Juicy Couture (b. 1953) |
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| gela kramb (b. 1951) |
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| gela chanturia Georgian footballer, GE (b. 1964) |
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| gela götze DE (b. 1957) |
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| gela shekiladze Georgian footballer, GE (b. 1970) |
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| gela samsonidse GE (b. 1965) |
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| gela babluani Georgian-French film director, GE (b. 1979) |
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