Given name
Sheelah
“one of cool conduct and character”
Sheelah is a variant of Sheela. One Indian interpretation is “one of cool conduct and character.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheelah is a variant of Sheela. One Indian interpretation is “one of cool conduct and character.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sheelah is a variant of Sheela. An origin associated with Sheela is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheelah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 0 boys · 89 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 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 6 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 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.
Sheelah’s family of names
Sheelah has a related form in Sheela.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Sheelah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Sheelah