MEANING & HISTORY
What does Sela mean?
The consulted personal-name reference explains Sela through the biblical place in Edom and the Hebrew word sela, rock. A Hebrew dictionary separately confirms the rock or stone noun.
This is a place-derived naming account, distinct from assuming that Sela is the same as the musical direction Selah in the Psalms. The linguistic history does not identify the birthplace or personal beliefs of a modern Philippine bearer.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Sela in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
SELACSV record 453 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sela in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sela
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Bela♂♀Béla-related and Slavic name forms have separate roots
- Nela♀Short form of names containing nel
- Selma♀European name with several routes; Turkish form of Salma
- Wela♀Shortened Manuela or Roela
- Adela♀Noble; from the Germanic adal element
- Estela·Star; Spanish and Portuguese form of Estelle
- Gisela♀Pledge or hostage
- Roela♀Roel with the feminine ending -a
What rhymes with Sela?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Sela further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name — Sela (opens in a new tab)
Exact personal-name account through Hebrew place name and rock.
- Pealim — סֶלַע (opens in a new tab)
Independent Hebrew rock/stone noun; distinct from musical Selah.