What does wela mean in Hawaiian?
Wela is heat — of the sun, of fire, of a fever. Lahaina on Maui was described with related words for the same reason.
Say it VEH-lah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site wela is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning fire.