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Sheila - name meaning, origin|
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The girl's name Sheila \she(i)-la\ is pronounced SHEE-lah. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "blind". Variant of Sile, an Irish form of the Latin-derived Celia. In Australian slang, "Sheila" is a woman. Sheela is a Hindi name meaning "gentle".
Sheila has 26 variant forms: Seila, Selia, Shayla, Shaylah, Shaylagh, Shaylah, Shaylla, Sheela, Sheelagh, Sheelah, Sheilagh, Sheilah, Sheileen, Sheilia, Sheilya, Shela, Shelagh, Shelia, Shella, Sheyla, Shiela, Shila, Shilah, Shilea, Shilla and Shyla.
For more information, see also related names Sheiletta and Cecilia.
Baby names that sound like Sheila are Shaila, Chela, Shelly, Shell, Shaili, Shaela, Shelle, Chella, Shelli, Shilo and Shula.
Sheila is a very common first name for women (#124 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)
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