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I would suggest going to Encyclopedia Mythica (http://www.pantheon.org/), it can tell you the names of anybody even remotely connected to the gods of wind.

From my trusty old "Who's Who In Mythology?" book:

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Names of the Winds:

Boreas (the north wind)
Euros (the east wind)
Notos (the south wind)
Zephyros, or Zephyr (the west wing, but you already knew this one)
Lips (the south-wast wind)
Apeliotes (the south east wind)

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I'm not sure which ones are masculine and which are feminine, but at least Boreas was male since he appears in a myth as Zephyr's rival of the flower-goddess Chloris's love.

Then there's, of course, Aeolos (Aiolus), the god of winds.

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My piano teacher told us students about Chopin's "Aolian Harp." I dimly remember it had something to do with wind in Greek myth. Some god sent wind through it and it made magical music. I'm not sure of the spelling, but I distinctly remember her pronouncing it, "ay-O-lee-an." It's similar to your Aella, but I thought I'd offer it anyway.

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The only other name that pops to mind is Zephrine, a French female variant of Zephyr. (There is a rose variety called "Zephrine Drouhin.")

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Try these links:

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http://homepage.mac.com/cparda/GML/WINDS.html

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http://messagenet.com/myths/bios/winds.html

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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html (not sure if that's a capital "o" or a zero after the "A".)

Try going to the main page and searching for 'Wind' in 'meaning' - you should find a few. Also, try the Name Themes page, I think there is an Air section.

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♦ Chrisell ♦

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.