Sheila
[ˈʃiːlə]Meaning
anglicized form of the Irish name Síle, from Latin Caelia, meaning 'heavenly'
Background Story
Sheila is an anglicized spelling of the Irish name Síle, which is held to be a Gaelic form of the Latin Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning 'heavenly'. It is also a doublet of Celia, and Behind the Name records it as used in Ancient Roman, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German and Hungarian. Wiktionary additionally derives a separate Sheila from the Hindi शीला (śīlā), from Sanskrit शील (śīla), meaning 'character, good conduct'.
Temperament
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