Western Names · Girl
Sheila name meaning
“blind (from Latin caecus, via Cecilia)”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Latin
- Category
- Western Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Sheila
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Sheila is a girl's name, an anglicized form of the Irish Síle (Cecilia), which derives from the Latin caecus, meaning 'blind'.
What does Sheila mean?
Blind (from Latin caecus, via Cecilia)
In Malay: buta (daripada kata Latin caecus, melalui Cecilia)
About the name Sheila
Sheila is a girl's name used with spellings such as Sheila, Shilla and Sheela. In English, Sheila is an anglicized form of the Irish name Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia. Cecilia comes from the Roman family name Caecilius, which derives from the Latin word caecus, meaning 'blind'. The spelling Sheela also matches the Hindi name शीला (śīlā), from Sanskrit śīla, 'character, good conduct'.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Syllables | Shei-la |
| Devanagari script | शीला |
|---|
Sources
- Behind the Name: Sheila · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Síle · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Síle · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Cecilia · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Sheila · en.wiktionary.org · origin
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