Sheila

A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning blind; a form of Síle.

Babies a year
104
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies

Sheila by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Sheila. In the US, 104 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 8,779 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

Names that come from Sheila

Forms of Sheila in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Shaelaasked of god; a form of Sheila10 in the US (2017)
  • Shielafairy woman; a form of Síle or Sheila

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sheila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shailamountain or rock50 in the US (2017)
  • Sheinaa form of sheyna or beautiful7 in the US (2017)
  • Soheilacandle, lamp7 in the US (2017)
  • Sheilaha variant of sheila, meaning fairy woman or goddess
  • Sheyla74 in the US (2017)
  • Sheily20 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sheila

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