Shelia
SHEE-lə
Letters
6
Syllables
2
Origin
Irish
Total Births
47,891
Peak Year
#2,293 in 1959
First Recorded
1915
Style
Vintage, Soft & Gentle
Spelling
Easy to spell
What It Means
A variant of Sheila, an Irish name that is the Anglicized form of Síle, which is the Irish form of Cecilia, meaning "blind."
Numerology
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