Sheela is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “character.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Sheela belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “character” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sheela first appears in Social Security records in 1943. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2744 in 1959, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 679 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Sheela means “character” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Sheela is a girl name.
Sheela comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Sheela first appears in US records in 1943. Its best-ever ranking was #2744 in 1959, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Sheela is pronounced /ˈʃiːlə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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