sheila
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{{Infobox name
| name = Sheila
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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|iː|l|ə}}
| gender = Female
| language = {{llink|en}}, {{llink|ga}}
| origin = Síle
| languageorigin = Irish
| derivation = {{langx|la|Caelia}}
| meaning = 'heavenly'
| region = Ireland
| related names = Cecilia
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}}
{{wiktionary|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 {{rvbchar|Sheila|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