Sheila
Sheila 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 , real name Annie Chancel, French singer of group "Sheila B. Devotion"
- Sheila Dara Aisha, Indonesian actress and singer
- Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress
- Sheila F. Anthony, American attorney
- Sheila Atim, Ugandan-British actress and singer
- Sheila Bair, American academic and government official
- Sheila Bartels, Ghanaian entrepreneur and politician
- Sheila Black, American poet
- Sheila Bleck, American bodybuilder
- Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, American graphic designer, artist and educator
- Sheila Bridges, American interior designer
- Sheila Bromley, American actress
- Sheila P. Burke, American nurse and policy advisor
- Sheila Burnett, British sprint canoeist
- Sheila Cameron, British lawyer
- Sheila Carrasco, American actress
- Sheila Cassidy, English doctor
- Sheila Chandra, English pop singer
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, American politician
- Sheila Chisholm, Australian socialite
- Sheila Collenette, British botanist
- Sheila Copps, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- Sheila Coronel, Filipina journalist and professor
- Sheila Darcy, American actress
- Sheila Dhar, Indian author and singer
- Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician
- Sheila Dixon, American mayor
- Sheila E., American singer
- Sheila Ellison, American author on parenting and relationships
- Sheila Elorza, Spanish footballer
- Sheila Faith, British politician
- Sheila Fearn, English actress
- Sheila Ferguson, American singer
- Sheila Fitzpatrick, Australian historian
- Sheila Florance, Australian actress
- Sheila Ford Hamp, American businesswoman and sports team owner
- Sheila Forshaw, Canadian field hockey player
- Sheila García, Spanish footballer
- Sheila Giolitti, American painter
- Sheila Gish, English actress
- Sheila Gordon, South African-born American novelist
- Sheila Graber, British animator, artist and Visiting Professor at the University of Sunderland
- Sheila Greibach, American theoretical computer scientist
- Sheila Gujral, Indian poet and writer
- Sheila Hancock, English actress and author
- Sheila Hayman, British documentary filmmaker, journalist and novelist
- Sheila Heti, Canadian writer
- Sheila A. Hellstrom, Canadian general
- Sheila Henig, Canadian pianist and soprano
- Sheila Hicks, American artist
- Sheila Horne, American singer and songwriter
- Sheila Hoskin, English track and field athlete
- Sheila Ingram, American sprinter
- Sheila Jasanoff, American social scientist
- Sheila Jeffreys, English-Australian activist and author
- Sheila Johnson, American businesswoman
- Sheila Jordan, American jazz singer and songwriter
- Sheila Kaul, Indian politician
- Sheila Kaye-Smith, English writer
- Sheila Keith, British actress
- Sheila Kennedy, American actress
- Sheila Kohler, South African author
- Sheila Kuehl, American actor and politician
- Sheila LaBarre, American murderer and possible serial killer
- Sheila Lambert, American basketball player
- Sheila Leather British engineer, business owner, president of the Women's Engineering Society
- Sheila Leatherman, Professor in Global Health
- Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician
- Sheila Lieder, American politician
- Sheila Lochhead, British hostess, prison visitor and writer
- Sheila Lukins, American cook and food writer
- Sheila Lyman, American politician
- Sheila Mackie, English painter
- Sheila MacRae, American actress, singer, and dancer
- Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer
- Sheila Makhijani, Indian artist
- Sheila Martin, Canadian politician
- Sheelagh Matear, New Zealand professor of marketing
- Sheila McCarthy Canadian actress and singer
- Sheila Mello, Brazilian dancer, actress and model
- Sheila Mercier, British actress
- Sheila Michaels, American feminist
- Sheila Ming-Burgess, Bermudian international fashion model and actress
- Sheila Miyoshi Jager, American anthropologist
- Sheila McGuffie, British aeronautical engineer
- Sheila Natusch, New Zealand writer and naturalist
- Sheila Nazarian, Iranian-American plastic surgeon and television personality
- Sheila Nelson, English string teacher
- Sheila Nicholls, English singer and songwriter
- Sheila Nix, American political strategist
- Sheila Noakes, British politician
- Sheila O'Flanagan, Irish writer and journalist
- Sheila Oliver, American politician
- Sheila Quinn, British nurse
- Sheila Piercey Summers, South African tennis player
- Sheila Radley, English writer
- Sheila Ramani, Indian actress
- Sheila M. Riggs, American dentistry scholar
- Sheila Rowan, British physicist
- Sheila Ryan, American actress
- Sheila Scott, British aviator
- Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion businesswoman
- Sheila Sherlock, British physician and educator
- Sheila Shulman, British rabbi
- Sheila Silver, American composer
- Sheila Sim, English film and theatre actress
- Sheila Sri Prakash, Indian architect and urban designer
- Sheila Steafel, South African-born British actress
- Sheila Taormina, American athlete
- Sheila Tate, American government official
- Sheila Terry, American actress
- Sheila Tlou, Motswana nurse
- Sheila Tousey, American actress
- Sheila Tracy, British trombonist and broadcaster
- Sheila Vand, American actress and performance artist
- Sheila Varian, American horse breeder
- Sheila Vogel-Coupe, English escort; the oldest prostitute in the United Kingdom
- Sheila Walsh, English novelist
- Sheila Ward, British police officer
- Sheila White, English actress
- Sheila White, American abolitionist and human trafficking victim
- Sheila Williams, American editor
- Sheila Widnall, American aerospace researcher and educator
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
- 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 Canning, fictional character from the soap opera, Neighbours
- 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, 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