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As far as you know, Noa, has Ela ever been used as a name in Hebrew? I can't imagine that it could have been, with that male-monotheist tradition going back for millennia.
It could I suppose be used by non-Jews (or non-monotheists in general) if they liked; might even appeal to the sort of people who imagine that names regularly mean something like Moon Princess of the Forest! There's a romantic novelist where I live, sort of Afrikaans Barbara Cartland, called Ela Spence, but in her case it's a nickname.
It could I suppose be used by non-Jews (or non-monotheists in general) if they liked; might even appeal to the sort of people who imagine that names regularly mean something like Moon Princess of the Forest! There's a romantic novelist where I live, sort of Afrikaans Barbara Cartland, called Ela Spence, but in her case it's a nickname.
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Elah is used as a name, said and spelled the same way as the word for goddess, with a different meaning in the minds of most parents (I think). That's what I said before. The word for terebinth is exactly the same as the word for goddess. It's the name of a very good friend of mine, btw, and she got it for the plant for sure. :) I know about two others, as well.
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