Given name

Sìle

Sìle is a feminine given name from Scots Gaelic. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sìle comes from Scots Gaelic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sìle’s family of names

In Scottish Gaelic usage, Sìle has a diminutive in Sìleag. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Sìle has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sheila. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Sìle has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cecilia.

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SìleSíleSìleagCecilia

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Scots Gaelic

Mòr

“great, eminent”

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>99% girls