Given name
Sheelagh
“one who is blind”
Sheelagh is a variant of Sheila. In Irish use, Sheila carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheelagh is a variant of Sheila. In Irish use, Sheila carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheelagh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1962. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sheelagh’s family of names
Sheelagh has a related form in Sheila. In Manx usage, Sheelagh has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cecilia. Sheelagh has a related form in Shelagh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sheelagh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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