Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Sheila
/SHEE · lah/
Meaning
“Irish anglicization of Síle”
Irish anglicization of Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia, from Latin caecus meaning 'blind'.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Distinctly mid-20th-century in the English-speaking world; in Australia it became slang for any woman.
The cultural moment.
Almost never given to babies today; strongly associated with women born 1940–1970.