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Meaning & History
This is a modern Irish name that has most likely been influenced by the Irish word eala meaning "swan". However, contrarily to the Irish word for "swan", which is spelled without the fada, the fada has been added to the name to get the desired pronounciation of EH-la whereas the word eala is pronounced AL-la. It can therefore be said that the name was influenced by the Irish word for "swan" but with the fada and pronunciation used for the name it does not mean "swan" in Irish.