Given name
Sheetal
“one of cool conduct and character”
Sheetal is a variant of Sheela. One Indian interpretation is “one of cool conduct and character.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheetal is a variant of Sheela. One Indian interpretation is “one of cool conduct and character.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sheetal 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheetal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 251
- 0 boys · 251 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 22 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 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,971 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.
Sheetal’s family of names
Sheetal has a related form in Sheela. In English usage, Sheetal has a related form in SHITAL. In English usage, Sheetal was borrowed from the Hindi form शीतल.
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.
People named Sheetal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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