Where does “Sheila” come from?
Sheila is an English form of Irish Síle, from Sanskrit शील, Latin Caecilia, derived from the Roman family name Caecilius, ultimately from Latin caecus meaning "blind," traced to Proto-Italic kaikos and Proto-Indo-European káykos.
Sheila (English): female given name
Ancestry of “Sheila”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | Síle | effeminate person, sissy |
| 2 | Quechua | chiri | cold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or... |
| 3 | Mapudungun | chilli | where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus |
Words derived from “Sheila”