Nela (name)

Nela is a Croatian, Czech and Slovak feminine given name that serves as a diminutive form of Antonela and Antonie in Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is also a Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish given name that serves as a short form of Cornelia in Denmark, Greenland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria, Namibia, and parts of Switzerland, Hungary and Romania. It is also a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

• Nela Álvarez (1919–2009), Filipina actress
• Nela Arias-Misson (1915–2015), Cuban painter and sculptor
• Nela EržiÅ¡nik (1924–2007), Croatian actress
• Nela Hasanbegović (born 1984), Bosnian sculptor
• Nela Khan, Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Nela Kuburović (born 1982), Serbian politician
• Nela LopuÅ¡anová (born 2008), Slovak ice hockey player
• Nela Martínez (1912–2004), Ecuadorian activist
• Nela Navarro, American professor
• Nela Pocisková (born 1990), Slovak singer
• Nela Vidakovic (born 1981), Serbian singer
• Nela Zisser (born 1992), New Zealand model

Surname

• Havzi Nela (1934–1988), Albanian dissident poet
• Sebastiano Nela (born 1961), Italian footballer

See also

• Nelas, a Portuguese municipality
• Nella, given name

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