Given name
Shiela
“one who is blind”
Shiela is a variant of Sheila. In Irish use, Sheila carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shiela 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 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shiela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,408
- 0 boys · 4,408 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 216 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 8 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 216 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,306 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Shiela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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