Gender:
Origin:
Latin
402 famous people named Sheila found on Wikipedia.
238012 female, 648 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
2028-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
50-th in year 1965
Used in: English, Irish
A female given name, form of Celia.
Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name Síle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of Cecilia. Like "Cecil" or "Cecilia", the name means "blind", from the Latin word caecus.
It is also encountered as an alternative spelling of the unrelated Indian feminine name Sheela, which is of Sanskrit origin.
Fem. proper name, Irish equivalent of Celia, shortened form of Cecilia, the fem. form of Cecil. A standard type of an Irish women's name since 1828; slang for "girlfriend, young woman" dates from 1839.
Anglicized form of sile: blind.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Sheila E. | 1957 | American singer and percussionist |
2 | Sheila Hancock | 1933 | British actress |
3 | Sheila Ferguson | 1947 | American soul singer |
4 | Sheila Dikshit | 1938 | Chief Minister of Delhi |
5 | Sheila Vand | 1985 | American artist |
6 | Sheila Gish | 1942 | British actress |
7 | Sheila Dara Aisha | 1992 | Indonesian singer |
8 | Sheila Jackson Lee | 1950 | American politician |
9 | Sheila Abdus-Salaam | 1952 | American judge |
10 | Sheila MacRae | 1924 | Actress, singer, dancer |
11 | Sheila Johnson | 1949 | American businesswoman |
12 | Sheila Fearn | 1940 | British actress |
13 | Sheila Carter | ||
14 | Sheila Dixon | 1953 | American mayor |
15 | Sheila Kuehl | 1941 | American actor and politician |
16 | Sheila Nevins | 1939 | Television producer |
17 | Sheila Steafel | 1935 | South African-born actress |
18 | Sheila Chandra | 1965 | English pop singer and actress |
19 | Sheila McCarthy | 1956 | Actress |
20 | Sheila Mercier | 1919 | British actress |
21 | Sheila LaBarre | 1958 | American woman convicted of murder in New Hampshire |
22 | Sheila Bair | 1954 | Chairman of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
23 | Sheila Florance | 1916 | Australian actress |
24 | Sheila Chisholm | 1895 | Australian socialite (1895-1969) |
25 | Sheila Tousey | 1960 | American actress |
26 | Sheila Jeffreys | 1948 | Australian feminist |
27 | Sheila Copps | 1952 | Canadian politician |
28 | Sheila Larken | 1944 | American television actress |
29 | Sheila Majid | 1965 | Malaysian musician |
30 | Sheila Vogel-Coupe | 1928 | Prostitute |
31 | Sheila Canning | ||
32 | Sheila Sim | 1984 | |
33 | Sheila Frazier | 1948 | Actress and producer |
34 | Sheila Sri Prakash | 1955 | Indian architect |
35 | Sheila Rusly | 1971 | |
36 | Sheila Stone | 1977 | Italian pornographic actress |
37 | Sheila Grant | ||
38 | Sheila Widnall | 1938 | American aerospace researcher and educator |
39 | Sheila Fitzpatrick | 1941 | American historian |
40 | Sheila Raye Charles | 1963 | American musician |
41 | Sheila Ramani | 1932 | Actress |
42 | Sheila Callaghan | 1973 | American writer |
43 | Sheila Miyoshi Jager | ||
44 | Sheila Gaff | 1989 | Mixed martial artist |
45 | Sheila Ruskin | 1946 | British actress |
46 | Sheila Taormina | 1969 | American swimmer, triathlete, pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist |
47 | Sheila Nicholls | 1970 | British musician |
48 | Sheila O'Connor | 1966 | French actress |
49 | Sheila Simon | 1961 | American politician and educator |
50 | Sheila Cassidy | 1937 | English medical doctor, writer and activist |
51 | Sheila Heti | 1976 | Canadian writer |
52 | Sheila Dorfman | 1956 | Brazilian actress |
53 | Sheila Jordan | 1928 | American jazz singer |
54 | Sheila Ryan | 1952 | American actress (1952–2012) |
55 | Sheila Manahan | 1924 | Irish actress |
56 | Sheila Lirio Marcelo | 1970 | |
57 | Sheila Balakrishnan | Indian obstetrician and gynaecologist | |
58 | Sheila Allen | 1932 | British actress |
59 | Sheila Watt-Cloutier | 1953 | Canadian environmentalist |
60 | Sheila Hicks | 1934 | American artist |
61 | Sheila Martin | 1943 | Wife of Canadian Prime Minister |
62 | Sheila Kaul | 1915 | Indian politician |
63 | Sheila Rowbotham | 1943 | British feminist |
64 | Sheila Varian | 1940 | Breeder of Arabian horses |
65 | Sheila Raynor | 1906 | British actress |
66 | Sheila Sitalsing | 1968 | Dutch journalist |
67 | Sheila Frahm | 1945 | American politician |
68 | Sheila Burnford | 1918 | British-Canadian writer |
69 | Sheila Singh Paul | 1916 | Indian paediatrician |
70 | Sheila Keith | 1920 | British actress |
71 | Sheila Bleck | 1974 | American bodybuilder |
72 | Sheila Levrant de Bretteville | 1940 | Graphic designer, artist and educator |
73 | Sheila Timothy | 1971 | |
74 | Sheila Jasanoff | 1944 | American social scientist |
75 | Sheila Scott | 1922 | British aviator |
76 | Sheila Wellstone | 1944 | American politician |
77 | Sheila Bromley | 1907 | Actress |
78 | Sheila Burrell | 1922 | English actress |
79 | Sheila Coronel | Filipino writer | |
80 | Sheila Kennelly | 1927 | Australian actress |
81 | Sheila Kelley | British actress | |
82 | Sheila Sherlock | 1918 | Anglo-Irish physician, hepatologist and educator |
83 | Sheila Kitzinger | 1929 | British activist |
84 | Sheila Butt | 1951 | American politician |
85 | Sheila Fraser | 1950 | Canadian civil servant |
86 | Sheila Young | 1950 | American speed skater and racing cyclist |
87 | Sheila van Damm | 1922 | British rally driver |
88 | Sheila MacVicar | Correspondent for Al Jazeera America | |
89 | Sheila Darcy | 1914 | Actress |
90 | Sheila Chipperfield | 1975 | Musician |
91 | Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins | 1946 | Professor of the psychiatry |
92 | Sheila Kaye-Smith | 1887 | British writer |
93 | Sheila Lukins | 1942 | American chef |
94 | Sheila Silva e Souza | 1944 | |
95 | Sheila Fell | 1931 | 20th century British landscape painter |
96 | Sheila Gilmore | 1949 | British politician |
97 | Sheila Y. Oliver | 1952 | Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly |
98 | Sheila Stewart | 1937 | Scottish folklorist |
99 | Sheila González | Spanish disc jockey and television presenter | |
100 | Sheila Dillon | British radio presenter | |
101 | Sheila Tohir | 1990 | |
102 | Sheila Nirenberg | American neuroscientist | |
103 | Sheila Bond | 1928 | American actress, singer |
104 | Sheila Reid | 1989 | Canadian distance runner |
105 | Sheila Kohler | 1941 | |
106 | Sheila Chan | 1969 | Hong Kong actor |
107 | Sheila Ocasio | 1982 | Puerto Rican volleyball player |
108 | Sheila Guyse | 1925 | African-American singer, actress, and recording artist |
109 | Sheila Andrews | 1953 | American country music singer |
110 | Sheila Hodgers | 1956 | Irish housewife |
111 | Sheila Tracy | 1934 | British singer, musician, broadcaster, trombonist, journalist and writer |
112 | Sheila Greibach | 1939 | American computer scientist |
113 | Sheila O'Flanagan | Irish writer and journalist | |
114 | Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes | 1949 | British businessperson, accountant |
115 | Sheila Black | American Poet | |
116 | Sheila Finestone | 1927 | Canadian politician |
117 | Sheila Benson | Journalist, film critic | |
118 | Sheila Williams | 1956 | Science fiction editor |
119 | Sheila Echols | 1964 | Athletics competitor |
120 | Sheila Márquez | 1985 | Spanish model |
121 | Mary Sheyla | 1979 | Brazilian actress |
122 | Sheila Dhar | 1929 | Indian singer |
123 | Sheila Watson | 1953 | Archdeacon of Canterbury; Archdeacon of Buckingham |
124 | Sheila K. McCullagh | 1920 | English children's writer |
125 | Sheila Malcolmson | 1966 | Canadian politician |
126 | Sheila Michaels | 1939 | American feminist |
127 | Sheila Sherwood | 1945 | English long jumper |
128 | Sheila Connolly | 1950 | American writer |
129 | Sheila Scotter | 1920 | Australian fashion businesswoman |
130 | Sheila Quigley | 1947 | British writer |
131 | Sheila NaGeira | Irish princess | |
132 | Sheila Willcox | 1937 | Equestrian |
133 | Sheila Humphreys | 1899 | Irish activist |
134 | Sheila Mello | 1978 | Brazilian dancer, actress and model |
135 | Sheila Kay Adams | 1953 | American storyteller, author, musician |
136 | Sheila Dunn | 1940 | British actress |
137 | Sheila Rogers | American record producer | |
138 | Sheila Mary Tuer | British educationalist | |
139 | Sheila Cockrel | 1947 | American politician |
140 | Sheila Armstrong | 1942 | English opera singer |
141 | Sheila Fischman | 1937 | Canadian translator |
142 | Sheila Gwaltney | ||
143 | Sheila Nix | American political strategist | |
144 | Sheila Hudson | 1967 | American triple jumper |
145 | Sheila Hylton | 1956 | Jamaican musician |
146 | Sheila Harsdorf | 1956 | American politician |
147 | Sheila Cussons | 1922 | South African poet |
148 | Sheila Bridges | Interior Designer | |
149 | Sheila Nelson | 1936 | Violinist and composer |
150 | Sheila Quinn | 1920 | British nursing administrator |
151 | Sheila de Vries | 1949 | Dutch fashion designer |
152 | Sheila Birtles | ||
153 | Sheila White | Canadian politician | |
154 | Sheila Klinker | 1938 | American politician |
155 | Sheila Bilyeu | 1944 | |
156 | Sheila Murphy | 1951 | American writer |
157 | Sheila Walsh | 1928 | British novelist (1928-2009) |
158 | Sheila Finch | 1935 | American writer |
159 | Sheila Hocken | British dog trainer and autobiographer | |
160 | Sheila Krumholz | ||
161 | Sheila Laxon | Australian horse trainer | |
162 | Sheila Tlou | Botswana poltiican | |
163 | Sheila Camerer | 1941 | South African politician |
164 | Sheila Piercey Summers | 1919 | South African tennis player |
165 | Sheila Browning | 1918 | |
166 | Sheila Lambert | 1980 | American basketball player |
167 | Sheila Faith | 1928 | British politician |
168 | Sheila Gama | 1954 | |
169 | Sheila McKechnie | 1948 | British trade unionist |
170 | Sheila Horne | American musician | |
171 | Sheila E. Hixson | 1933 | American politician |
172 | Sheila Waters | 1929 | English calligrapher |
173 | Sheila McLean | 1951 | British legal scholar |
174 | Sheila Bird | 1952 | British statistician |
175 | Sheila Roberts | American writer | |
176 | Sheila Scott Macintyre | 1910 | Mathematician |
177 | Sheila McClean | Irish artist | |
178 | Sheila Hamanaka | American writer and artist | |
179 | Sheila Bhatia | 1916 | Indian poet, playwright |
180 | Sheila Graber | 1940 | British academic |
181 | Sheila Cameron | ||
182 | Sheila Pepe | 1959 | American artist and educator |
183 | Sheila Harrington | American politician | |
184 | Sheila Brown Napaljarri | 1940 | Australian artist |
185 | Sheila Gordon | 1927 | American writer |
186 | Sheila Blumstein | 1944 | American academic administrator |
187 | Sheila Forbes | 1946 | British businessman |
188 | Sheila Cavanagh | Associate Professor at York University | |
189 | Sheila Jones | American politician | |
190 | Sheila Leslie | 1955 | American politician |
191 | Sheila McClennon | 1960 | |
192 | Sheila Legge | 1911 | English artist |
193 | Sheila Parker | 1947 | Footballer |
194 | Sheila Silver | 1946 | American musician |
195 | Sheila McNamee | American academic | |
196 | Sheila Bender | 1948 | American writer |
197 | Sheila McLaughlin | 1950 | American actress |
198 | Sheila Girling | 1924 | |
199 | Sheila O'Donnell | 1953 | Irish architect |
200 | Sheila Mullen | 1942 | British artist |