Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sheilla isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 450
- 0 boys · 450 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 23 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 623 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.
Sheilla’s family of names
Sheilla may belong to the same name family as Sheila. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sheilla
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Sheilla, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Twila
“woven with double thread”
>99% girls
Twyla
“woven with double thread”
>99% girls
Lynna
“a man of the lake”
>99% girls
Risa
“one who laughs often”
>99% girls
Leisha
>99% girls