Sheila

Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name Síle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning 'heavenly'.

People

• Sheelagh Matear, New Zealand professor of marketing
• Sheila (French singer) (born 1945), real name Annie Chancel, French singer of group "Sheila (and) B. Devotion"
• Sheila Bair (born 1954), chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Sheila Bleck (born 1974), American bodybuilder
• Sheila Burnett (born 1949), British sprint canoeist
• Sheila Chandra (born 1965), English pop singer
• Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979), American politician
• Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969), Australian socialite, probable inspiration for the Australian phrase "a good-looking sheila"
• Sheila Copps (born 1952), Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–97
• Sheila Dikshit (1938–2019), Chief Minister of Delhi, India, 1998–2003
• Sheila Dixon (born 1953), former mayor of Baltimore and criminal
• Sheila E. (born 1957), American singer
• Sheila Ellison, American author on parenting and relationships
• Sheila Elorza (born 1996), Spanish footballer
• Sheila Fearn (born 1940), English actress
• Sheila Ferguson (born 1947), American singer
• Sheila Florance (1916–1991), Australian actress
• Sheila Gordon (1927–2013), South African-born American novelist
• Sheila Graber (born 1940), British animator, artist and Visiting Professor at the University of Sunderland
• Sheila Greibach (born 1939), American theoretical computer scientist
• Sheila Hancock (born 1933), English actress and author
• Sheila A. Hellstrom (1935–2020), Canadian general
• Sheila Henig (1934–1979), Canadian pianist and soprano
• Sheila Hicks (born 1934), American artist
• Sheila Hoskin (born 1936), English track and field athlete
• Sheila Ingram (1957–2020), American sprinter
• Sheila Jordan (born 1928), American jazz singer and songwriter
• Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887–1956), English writer
• Sheila Leather (1898–1983) British engineer, business owner, president of the Women's Engineering Society
• Sheila Leatherman (born 1951), Professor in Global Health at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
• Sheila Lieder (fl. 2022), American politician
• Sheila Lyman, American politician
• Sheila McCarthy (1956 --) Canadian Actress & Singer
• Sheila Miyoshi Jager (born 1963), American anthropologist
• Sheila McGuffie (1911–2007), British aeronautical engineer
• Sheila Oliver (1952–2023), American politician
• Sheila M. Riggs, American dentistry scholar
• Sheila Rowan (physicist), British physicist
• Sheila Scott (1922–1988), British aviator
• Sheila Sim (1922–2016), English film and theatre actress
• Sheila Steafel (1935–2019), South African-born British actress
• Sheila Taormina (born 1969), American athlete
• Sheila Ward (1936–2019), British police officer
• Sheila White (actress) (1950–2018), English actress
• Sheila White (activist) (born 1988), American abolitionist and human trafficking victim

Fiction

• Sheila Bennet, Bonnie Bennett's grandmother, in The Vampire Diaries
• Shelagh Turner, in Call the Midwife
• Sheila Bryant, in the musical A Chorus Line
• The tank in Red vs. Blue; see List of characters in Red vs. Blue
• A character in Army of Darkness
• Sheila Broflovski, from the animated series South Park
• Sheila Carter, from The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
• Sheila Corkhill, from the British soap opera Brookside
• Sheila Franklin, a character and a song in the musical Hair
• Sheila Futterman, in Gremlins
• Sheila Gallagher, from the British television series Shameless
• Sheila Grant, in the British soap opera Brookside
• Sheila Tubman, in Judy Blume's book series Fudge
• Sheila R. Webb, in Agatha Christie's novel The Clocks
• Sheela na gig, a female character in ancient figurative carvings, used as architectural grotesques on churches, castles and other buildings, particularly in Ireland and Great Britain
• Sheila, one of the main characters in the animated television series Dungeons and Dragons
• Sheila, from Mis Adorables Vecinos (2004–2006), played by Yaiza Esteve
• Sheila, one of the main characters in the anime series Tweeny Witches
• Sheila, from SheZow
• Sheila, a playable kangaroo in the PlayStation game Spyro: Year of the Dragon
• Sheila, from item song "Sheila Ki Jawani", portrayed by Katrina Kaif from film Tees Maar Khan
• Sheila Birling, from J. B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls
• Sheila, a yacht in the film The Last of Sheila named after one of the characters, Sheila Greene
• Sheila Take a Bow, 1987 single by The Smiths.
• Sheila, from manga Hunter x Hunter

See also

• Shelia
• Scheila
• Shyla