Meiling
A diminutive form of Graciela, meaning 'grace' or 'favor.' This name suggests a person who moves through the world with natural elegance, showing kindness and favor to those around them.
Key Stats
| Total births | 370 |
| Gender | Female (0% / 100%) |
| Peak year | 1984 |
| Peak generation | Millennial |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Most recent | 2007 |
| Syllables | 2 |
| Origin | Spanish, Indian, Hebrew |
| Comeback name | No |
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Chela Campos (Mexican singer and actress known as 'La Dama del Bastón de Cristal') · Chela Sandoval (American scholar and author of 'Methodology of the Oppressed') · Chela Arias (Prominent Colombian television and film actress) · Chela Del Rio (Respected Colombian actress during the golden age of television) · Chela De Ferrari (Peruvian theater director and founder of Teatro La Plaza)
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