Shelia - Meaning of Shelia

What does Shelia mean?

[ 3 syll. (s)he-lia, sh-el-ia ] The baby girl name Shelia is pronounced -SHeh-Liy-aa- or -SHIY-Liy-aa- †. Shelia's origin is Latin, and its use, English.

Shelia is a variant form of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia in the English language.

Shelia is also a variant form of the English and Irish Sheila in the English language.

See also the related categories, english and latin.

Shelia is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1962, 0.112% of baby girls were given the name Shelia. Its ranking then was #173. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is of only sporadic use today. Within the group of girl names directly linked to Shelia, Cecilia was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Shelia include Sahelee, Saheley, Saheli, Sahelie, Sahila, Sahyli, Sailee, Sajiley, Sajili, Sajilie, Sajily, Sajyley, Sajyly, Sakala, Salalee, Salalei, Salaleigh, Salaley, Salali, and Salalli.

† Pronunciation for Shelia: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"



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