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What does Sheila mean?
Sheila 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced SHEE-lah. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Sheila 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". Also form of Cecilia.
STARTS WITH She-
Variations
VARIANTS 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, Shyla
SEE ALSO Sheiletta
ALTERNATIVE FORM VIA CELIA, SILE Ceil
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Sheila Edna (S.E.), ..
How popular is Sheila?
Sheila is a very prominent first name for women (#124 out of 4276, Top 3%) but an uncommon surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Sheila entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its top rank of #59 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not ranked currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Cecilia (#155 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Celia (#936), Shayla (#1118), Shyla (#1837), Ceil, Sheilah, Shela, Shelia, Sheyla and Shiela are the prominent variation forms of Sheila. Adoption of these forms of Sheila was common 58 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.58%) and is now much less (ADOPTION 0.14%, ▼75.4%), with forms such as Sheila becoming somewhat dated. Cecilia is the most contemporarily stylish baby name among these.
Similar Names
Sheila▼ is pronounced similarly to Chella, Chelli, Shaela, Shaila▼, Shailagh, Shaili, Shalia, Shellee, Shelley▼, Shelli▼, Shellie▼, Shelly▼, Shilo, Shiloh▲, Shula, Shylah and Shylo. Other recommended sound-alike names are Breila, Ceila, Chela, Geila, Keila, Leila▲, Neila, Phila, Seelia, Seely, Sela, Seula, Shaina▼, Shakila, Sharla▼, Shea, Sheba, Sheeba, Sheena▼, Sheera, Sheina, Shelisa, Shell, Shelle, Shemira, Shena, Shenika, Shera, Sheraa, Sheria, Sherica, Sherifa, Sheril, Sherill, Sherina, Sherisa, Sherita, Sherli, Sheva, Shira, Silia, Siliya, Silya, Skyla▲, Stela, Stella, Suelo, Sula, Thecla, Theia, Theida and Thekla. These names tend to be less frequently used than Sheila.
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