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Girl · Irish, from Latin
Sheila Say it: SHEE-luh
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Meaning An anglicized form of Irish Síle, the Irish form of Cecilia, from the Roman family name Caecilius.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in Britain and the US from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1960s
In the United States 0 2 4 6 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1963 per 1,000 babies of that sex 238,901 babies given this name since 1907 At its height in 1963, about 1 in 221 girls 130 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Shelia, Sheelagh
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