Gela

According to the Georgian source listed below, the name Gela is of Georgian ("ქართული") origin:

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https://web.archive.org/web/20140726002319/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=225&from=action=search|by=%E1%83%92 (in Georgian)

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It belongs to the category of given names that are derived from animal names, since Gela is derived from (or rather, a short form of) old Georgian given names that contain the Georgian noun მგელი (mgeli) meaning "wolf". Examples of such names are: Mgelia, Mgelika and Mgeluka. The latter two are probably diminutives of Mgelia.

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Also see:

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98 (in English)
- https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98 (in Georgian)
- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=340 (in Georgian; also states that Gela is of Georgian origin)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130122113737/http://www.open.ge/art/Georgian_names.htm (in English; only mentions Mgelika)
- http://intermedia.ge/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90/18519-%E1%83%97%E1%83%A5%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AC%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-2/167/ (in Georgian; see no. 14 of the boys' names, which states that Gela means მგელა (mgela) in Georgian, which Google Translate doesn't translate, but should mean "wolf") [noted -ed]