| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "character" "good conduct" |
| Region of origin | India |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sheila |
Sheela (Hindi : शीला) is a Hindi Indian popular feminine given name, which means "character" and "good conduct".
Notable people named Sheela[edit | edit source]
- Sheela Bhattarika, a 9th-century Sanskrit poet from India
- Sheela (born March 22, 1945), Indian actress
- Sheela Basrur (October 17, 1956 – June 2, 2008), Canadian physician
- Sheela Gautam (November 15, 1931 - June 8, 2019), Indian politician
- Sheela Gowda (born 1957), Indian contemporary artist and feminist
- Sheela Kaur (born August 2, 1989), Indian actress
- Sheela Lambert (born 1956), American civil rights activist and writer
- Sheela Murthy (born 1961), American-Indian lawyer
- Sheela Patel (born 1952), Indian urban planner
Fictional characters[edit | edit source]
- Sheela Peryroyl, from Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson's tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons