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Sheila/Shelagh?

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Bryonietta · 17/10/2018 10:46

Is this name too old fashioned? I’ve been rewatching Call the Midwife and it caught my attention.

I quite like it, and can’t see how it’s too different sound wise from the Lila/Mila names that are so popular at the moment.

Willing to be told it’s awful though!

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Linked0ut · 21/10/2018 22:27

It's the same. But it looks better! Confused

Knittedfairies · 21/10/2018 22:13

But isn’t the pronunciation of Sile (with fada) very similar to that of Sheila?

(A vested interest here, being a Sheila and finding I’m ‘a bland, chubby woman in a mundane office job’)

Sungura · 21/10/2018 05:47

Do what you like; there are far worse names that are so-called cute now, being resurrected. This one beats a great many of them IMHO. It's also better than the new age names mentioned in one thread going on presently.

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 20/10/2018 22:35

I love Sile (with correct fada). I had a fantastic teacher called Sile in the gealtacht.

Eeeeek2 · 20/10/2018 22:32

Sorry typo yes I will be spelling it correctly

hoping2018 · 20/10/2018 22:28

I know someone with a baby slyvie - which I think is lovely and not too dissimilar? Not a fan of Sheila though

Knittedfairies · 20/10/2018 18:05

Eeeeek2 please spell it correctly! Sheila.**

Shiela isn’t incorrect, just a different spelling.

NoArmaniNoPunani · 20/10/2018 17:19

My mum is called Sheila. I like it.

HalfBloodPrincess · 20/10/2018 17:19

Or even better, Sabrina.

HalfBloodPrincess · 20/10/2018 17:16

It fits the ‘old people’ trend but there are plenty of nicer names! I would put it in the same category as Eileen, Alma, Shirley or Phyllis.

What about Sheena? Has a similar sound but doesn’t seem as bad.

llangennith · 20/10/2018 13:02

Eeeeek2 please spell it correctly! Sheila.**

Eeeeek2 · 19/10/2018 20:12

Shiela is going to be our dd middle name

Phuquocdreams · 19/10/2018 19:15

I also like Sile, but not Shiela, which also shows it’s the connotations rather than the sound, as Sile and Shiela are the same sound! I’m not sure Sile would work if you’re not in ireland

MikeUniformMike · 19/10/2018 19:10

I think it's nice. She could have a brother called Bruce.

ifeelsoextraordinary · 19/10/2018 19:03

My lovely mum was a Sheila...I toyed with it for DD2 and even posted on here for opinions. I bottled it in the end though Blush

Aquamarine1029 · 19/10/2018 04:48

It is dreadful. I had a boss named Shelagh a million years ago when I was 19-21 and she was absolutely fucking awful. She forever poisoned the name for me.

Kokeshi123 · 19/10/2018 04:11

Too soon for a revival, I think!

TheMonkeyMummy · 19/10/2018 01:10

Not to my tastes at all

Korvalscat · 19/10/2018 01:10

Sheila is my 82 year old mother! She would tell you not to do that to a child.

ChiantiAndTruffles · 18/10/2018 21:55

Funnily enough know a baby Sheila born a few weeks ago. It suits her.

RedDwarves · 18/10/2018 21:52

It's awful.

DramaAlpaca · 18/10/2018 21:33

Spelled Sile (can't do fadas on phone) it's nice enough. Any other way, just no.

Sessy19 · 18/10/2018 19:43

I was at school with a girl called Sheila and she was SO sweet. She’s be mid-30s now. It’s unusual. And I like it-very 50s.

But Sheila in CtM was suuuuuch a drip! 😂

llangennith · 18/10/2018 17:35

All the Sheilas or Shelaghs I know don't like the name ☹️
Sybil? Celia?

CharismamaMia · 18/10/2018 17:32

Not keen but feel bad as i know a lovely Sile

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