Lela 1

Georgian sources indeed state that Lela comes from the name for a type of plant.

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They say that the plant's name means სწორთმიანი (sts'ortmiani), which is a compound word that means "straight-haired". It consists of the Georgian words სწორი (sts'ori) meaning "straight, right, correct, exact" and თმიანი (tmiani) meaning "hairy":

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• sts'ori: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98 (in English; also check on Google Translate)
• tmiani: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98 (in English; also check on Google Translate)

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I managed to speak to a few Georgians and they all stated that they knew of no plant by the name of Lela or something similar. It looks like the plant name in question must be very old and is no longer in use today. This is confirmed more or less by the Georgian Wikipedia and Wiktionary, both of which have no article about a plant named Lela.

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For more information, please see:

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- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=122 (in Georgian)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130130185023/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=569&from=action=search%7Cby=%E1%83%9A (in Georgian)
- http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4314/ (in Georgian; scroll down to the entry for Lela)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130122113737/http://www.open.ge/art/Georgian_names.htm (in English)