Sheyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 74 babies a year in the US.
Sheyla by the numbers
Sheyla was given to 74 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 309 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Sheyla
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sheyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sheyla
Names that are said the same way as Sheyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sheilaha variant of sheila, meaning fairy woman or goddess
Names about as common as Sheyla
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