Sheila
Only about 114 women in Poland carry Sheila, so most people here have never met one. An English name at root: it traces back through Cecilia to a sense of "blind".
Sheila Pronunciation
What Sheila means
Where Sheila comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sheila reaches English from Hebrew, where the root behind it holds the sense of something asked for or requested. In older sources the name attaches to Seila, a daughter figure named where the Bible leaves her blank. The Hebrew thread stays quiet under the English one.
The "blind" meaning is not the origin. It arrived later, through Cecilia, the Latin name tied to caecus, "blind." English speakers folded Cecilia into Irish Síle, and Síle was written down as Sheila. A Hebrew name picked up a Latin shadow by way of Ireland.
Sheila has no diminutives of its own. It stands as one word.
Picture a Polish school register, Sheila listed among Zofia and Lena, the English spelling odd against the rest. The name holds no name-day in the Polish calendar. For a Polish reader it means niebiańska, heavenly, and boska, divine.
How many people are named Sheila
1 in 197753 women in Poland is named Sheila. 114 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3185 among female names.
Sheila's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Sheila as a middle name
Sheila is a first name for 114 women in Poland and a middle name for another 37, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1147th, between Selma (37) and Sultan (37).
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#1145 Paige37
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#1146 Selma37
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#1147 Sheila37
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#1148 Sultan37
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#1149 Sun37