Given name · also Irish
Síle
Síle is a feminine given name from Middle Irish, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Irish.
Original LatinCaecilia
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Síle comes from Middle Irish, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Irish usage, Síle developed from CAECILIA.
Síle’s family of names
In Irish usage, Síle developed from the Latin form CAECILIA. In Irish usage, Síle has a conventional equivalent in the English form Judith. In Irish usage, Síle has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sheila.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Síle has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Síle comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Síle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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1% boys · 99% girls
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>99% girls
Sirák
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Céphise
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>99% girls