Behind the Name: Comments for the name Sheila

Comments for SHEILA:

This name is derived from the ancient Gaelic goddess of Fertility and death, called Sheela-Na-Gig.

-- fhrugby 5/3/2005

I like this name a lot, it's definitely underused and deserves a comeback.

-- kanine 12/18/2005

In Australia, Sheila is a generic and somewhat derogatory word for a woman.

-- visitor27 4/8/2006

Sheila Browflowski is Kyle's mother on South Park.

-- Hailey2006 7/5/2006

Grace Kelly's character in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" is called Sheila.

-- Anonymous User 11/1/2006

There are authors named Sheila O'Flanagan and Sheila Quigley.

-- Anonymous User 11/28/2006

There's a song about Sheila. Here's the chorus:
Oh, oh Sheila
How I really really love you oh, Sheila.

-- Anonymous User 1/7/2007

My eldest sister's name is Sheila, I don't know the proper meaning of the name but to me it's always made me think of someone who's bossy and loud as in the book 'Sheila the Great', that character shows up in all of Judy Bloom's Fudge books and she's very loud and bossy. So is my sister for that matter.

-- poncho264 3/22/2007

Pretty name, but this name used to remind me of Sheila Tubman, the bossy character from Fudgeamania and other books from that series.

-- CharlieRob 5/7/2007

My friend's name, but she spells it Shela.

-- JungKyungSoon 6/1/2007

British band The Smiths wrote the song "Sheila Take a Bow".

-- scholasticastewart 7/20/2008

Sheila Franklin is one of the main characters in the musical Hair.

-- sea7968 10/9/2008

Sheila Marquez, Spanish model.

-- Anonymous User 10/25/2008

The name Sheila has a pretty sound, but is very old fashioned.

-- Anonymous User 11/19/2008

Sheila is the little-known name of Doctor Girlfriend, a villain from the TV show The Venture Bros.

-- DestructoGirl 7/28/2009

I like this name, but I don't like the fact that this has a slang meaning in Australia. It's also kind of dated, but not as badly dated as Donna or Shirley.

-- bananarama 10/30/2009

Sheila Tubman, an annoying character in Judy Blume's Fudge books.

-- Black_X 5/29/2010

Being Australian, this name only reminds me of the derogatory term for a woman. Sounds like a name for a middle aged prostitute.

-- Anonymous User 6/19/2010

Sheila Chandra, English pop singer of Indian descent. You may remember her voice from LOTR: Two Towers (Breath of Life), or from the Queer as Folk series (Sacred Stones).

-- that one 10/20/2010

Singer and drummer, Sheila E.

-- Anonymous User 4/10/2011

In the USA Sheila was a popular name for girls in the 1950s. It's kind of nostalgic in a retro-modern kind of way. I like it.

-- GibsonGirl 11/14/2011

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