| [ 2 syll. (s)hei-la, sh-e-ila ] The girl name Sheila is pronounced SHIYLah KEY. Sheila is of Latin origin, and it is used mainly in English and Irish. Sheila is a variant form of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia. See also the related forms, the English Shayla, the English Shelia, and the German Sile. Sheila is an all-time favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for girls, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1963, 0.438% of baby girls were named Sheila. Its ranking then was #50. The baby name has since markedly slipped in popularity, and is in recent times of only infrequent use. In 2007, it ranked at #992 with a usage of 0.013%. Within the group of girl names directly related to Sheila, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia was the most popular. Its use outnumbered Sheila's by 5 times in 2007. Baby names that sound like Sheila include the Indian Sheela, the English and French Sally, the English Scilla, the English Shayla, the English Shelia, the English Shelley, the English Shelly, the Indian Shila, the English and Hebrew Shiloh, the Finnish, Frisian, German, and Scandinavian Silja, the Yiddish Sisel, the English Sisley, the Spanish Soli, the Dutch Ceciel, the English Cecil, the English Cecile, the English Cecille, the English Ceila, the English Ceileh, the English Ceileigh, the English Celesse, the English, Italian, and Spanish Celia, the English Celie, the French Cécile, the French Célia, the French Célie, the Hungarian Cili, the Dutch, Scandinavian, and English Cilla, the English Sal, the Arabic and Turkish Saliha, the English Secelia, the English Selia, the English Shell, the German Sile, the Scottish Sìle, the Irish Síle, the Portuguese and Spanish Sol, the Spanish Suelo, the English Syl, the Polish Sylwia, the English Ceceli, the English Cecelia, the English Cecila, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia, the Czech, German, and Scandinavian Cecilie, the English Cecillia, the English Cecily, the Portuguese and Slavic Cecília, the Czech Cecílie, the English Ceclia, the English Ceil, the English Ceilia, the English Cesilie, the English Cicelie, the English Cicely, the English Cicilie, the Scandinavian Cille, the English Ceceilia, the English Cecilea, the Polish Cecylia, and the English Celesia. KEY: Pronunciation for Sheila: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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