Sheila/Shelagh?

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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!

It is awful. However its also very chic and edgy now. Imagine a baby Shelagh. How cute would that be.
or Imaging her in a class full of Avas and Olivias. How much she would stand out. I'd go for it.

There’s also Síle which has would probably be seen as less old fashioned

Oh no sorry it's awful 🙈

not keen at all.

I personally wouldn't. I'd much rather my children grow up with a name that's too popular (as I did and didn't give a hoot) than an awful old fashioned name. Or y'know, somewhere in between!

It's awful. Sorry. I think Shelagh looks even worse as well - for some reason, to me it looks very harsh spelt in Gaelic (I'm Irish BTW with children with Gaelic names)

Síle is nice, I think Sheila is very dated.

I saw an article this week in an Irish on line publication and it was listed as one of the names that is almost extinct.

My mum was called Sheila. Although her name on her birth certificate was Julia. And her aunt who was the same age as her pretty much was also called Sheila! Weird and I never knew why!

It's horrible

Well most People called Sheila/Shelagh are now in their 70s/80s. This name is surely going to make a comeback soon. You would be ahead of the curve OP.

Too dated IMO, sorry!!

Síle is lovely.

No, just no, some names just don't deserve resurrection, unless you hate your DCs

Noooo

I feel like it should be in the ‘hipster cool’ camp with the Sybils and the Barbaras but it just doesn’t have an edge to it, so to speak. I don’t think it’s quite ‘old fashioned chic’ enough and still just sounds dowdy! Plus I’m a massive fan of a diminutive and I can’t think of a nice one for Sheila.

Hideous name

It is not a pleasant name op (sorry to all the Sheila's out there). Also it is an Australian name for women, think Crocodile Dundee calling women Sheila's.

Sorry but I really don't like it. Makes me think of a bland, chubby woman in a mundane office job x

I really like it and I think it's due a comeback. It has a lovely sound, rather musical. You've just got to distant it from the associations of "old lady", but it's happened with other names, so why not this? I'd be more concerned about the Australian slang "sheila" for a woman, but even that isn't enough to put me off it.

It’s really bad.

Peridot1 - Sìle or Sìleas (shee-liss) is the Scottish Gaidhlig for Julia. There was a bardess called Sìleas na Ceapaich of the MacDonalds of Keppoch and in English was Julia.

MaybesAye - yes I knew Julia was the English. I’m Irish. My great-grandmother was Julia too. We were always just confused as to why my mum and her aunt of the same age were both called Sheila when one at least had Julia as the given name. It was always a bit confusing! Obviously they were both called after my great-grandmother but you would think they would have have one as Julia and one as Sheila. Might have been to do with independence etc. Not wanting to give such an English name.

Please don't.

I actually think it has a nice sound.

Makes me think of the Jamie T song 'Sheila goes out with her mate Stella...'