Given name
Sheilah
“one who is blind”
Sheilah is a variant of Sheila. In Irish use, Sheila carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheilah 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 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheilah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,285
- 0 boys · 2,285 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 199 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 199 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,458 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.
Sheilah’s family of names
Sheilah has a related form in Sheila.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sheilah
- Sheilah MartinCanadian Supreme Court judge (born 1956)
- Sheilah GashumbaUgandan media personality, TV hostborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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