| [ 2 syll. (s)hi-loh, sh-il-oh ] The girl name Shiloh is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced SHAYLow KEY. Shiloh has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in English and Hebrew. The name Shiloh means 'he who will be sent'. Biblical name derived from shalev which means 'safe, peaceful' ; shele which means 'peaceful'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. See Shiloh for more info. Shiloh is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the recent peak of its usage in 2007, 0.017% of baby girls were named Shiloh. It had a ranking of #804 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Shiloh was the most widely used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Shiloh include the English and French Sally, the English Scilla, the English Shayla, the Indian Sheela, the English and Irish Sheila, the English Shelia, the English Shelley, the English Shelly, the Indian Shila, 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 Shiloh: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"
A famous person named Shiloh is Celebrity Relative Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, born 27 May 2006. |