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

 * Sheila (French singer) (born 1945), real name Annie Chancel, French singer of group "Sheila (and) B. Devotion"
 * Sheila (German singer) (born 1984), Sheila Jozi, German folk/schlager singer of Iranian descent
 * 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 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 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 Bennet'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
 * 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