Canela

Canela is a Spanish and Portuguese word meaning 'cinnamon,' derived ultimately from the Latin cannella, a diminutive of canna meaning 'reed' or 'tube,' describing the shape of cinnamon sticks. It evokes warm spice, golden-brown color, and a sweet, aromatic presence.

Canela is cinnamon given the most beautiful possible name — warm, spiced, golden, and impossible not to love. It is the Spanish word for the spice that has been valued for thousands of years for its warmth, sweetness, and fragrance, and it works perfectly as a pet name for animals with cinnamon-colored coats: the warm brown dog, the golden tabby cat, any creature whose coloring falls in that beautiful zone between amber and chocolate. Canela also has a rhythmic, three-syllable beauty that makes it a genuine pleasure to say.