Girl · Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Shakeela
شکیلہSay it sha-KEE-la
- Meaning today
- Beautiful, well-formed
- Original meaning
- "well-formed, comely, handsome" Platts, p. 731
- Say it
- sha-KEE-la
- Written
- شکیلہ
- Other spellings
- Shakila, Shakeelah
Shakeela
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Shakeela meaning
Shakeela (شکیلہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
Well-formed, comely, handsome
Also used to mean: beautiful
Shakeela (شکیلہ) is the feminine of shakīl, an Arabic word built on shakl, "form, shape". Platts's Urdu dictionary defines shakīl as well-formed, comely or handsome, and also lists shakīlā, the same word in its Hindi form. The idea is of someone whose features are well shaped. Name lists give Shakeela as "beautiful" or "well-formed", which matches the dictionary. The masculine Shakeel is also a name, borne by the Urdu poet and lyricist Shakeel Badayuni.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English (1884), p. 731 · entry shakīl (شکيل) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, Urdu–English Dictionary, shakīl, shakīlā, p. 731
Spellings
Shakeela · Shakila · Shakeelah