Is Sheila cute or too old fashioned?

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Was my lovely mum's name and would love to use it but wonder if it is too marmite a name? Any thoughts?

I'd make it a middle name too, I'm sorry, it's lovely to honor her, but it reminds me of Sheila's wheels the insurance company and also the slang Australian word for a female.

Why don't you put both grandmothers names as her middle name, that's what I did. Neither it has to be said were suitable for a first name really but both were very honored to be remembered in that way.

Cute and lovely, but also not un-grown-up

I'd use it.

I like Sheila. It's usual these days for a baby but a really beautiful traditional name and what a lovely way to honour your mum.

Doh. *unusual

What a lovely tribute to your DM, of course you should call your daughter Sheila, why ever not.

It's not a name I like, but it would be a lovely tribute to your mum.

I would use Sheila as the middle name tbh b

It is very unfashionable and it's a pity because my first reaction was 'Sheila, God no' but actually it looks nice as a written name and is phonetically pleasing. So I'm on the fence which is unhelpful. I would be taken aback if a friend named her baby Sheila tbh.

I think it's awful, but I'm also Australian.

I'd put it in the middle name spot.

It's a really pretty name. I think you should go for it!

It's one of my middle names, after my aunt. I'd really like to meet a baby Sheila. I say go for it!

It does sound very middle aged , but may be v cool in twenty years time. I would either alter it a little as suggested or use as a middle name.

What about Leila or Shelley? Both close.

I think a little baby Sheila sounds lovely, someone has to be a trendsetter

How about sile instead? It's still pronounced the same but a bit more modern.

fourteen years ago i really wanted to call my baby "florence" but at the time it would have made her quite unusual. it was to honour a very special maiden great aunt. sadly i bottled it. really really regret it now. it would have bee perfect and far better than the name we gave her.

Have a Sheila in DC1 class and I freaking love it.

In think it's a fab name.

Every Sheila I know is in their 60s so I really think of it as an old person's name sorry.

Remember you are NOT naming a BABY Sheila. You are naming a child, a teenager, an adult. What is cute for your 3.5kg bundle of joy may not be cute in 5, 10, 15 years time.

I think it's lovely

Makes me think of 'Sheila's wheels'

I think lovely as a middle name too.

What about Sheena?

I am a teacher. I teach children with many different names. I would see Sheila and think 'different' and that would be it.
Use it, it is beautiful and a lovely way to honour your mum

Dol. A 5 year old cubby cheeked Sheila would be adorable and a teenage Sheila in 13 years down the line would be beyond cool.

Sheila in Irish is Síle, pronounced the same. Love the name!