Girl · Sanskrit · Hindu
Sheela
शीलाSay it SHEE-laa
- Meaning today
- Good conduct, character
- Original meaning
- "good disposition or character, moral conduct, virtue; habit, custom; form, beauty" Monier-Williams, p. 1079
- Say it
- SHEE-laa
- Written
- शीला
- Other spellings
- Shila, Sheelaa
Sheela
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Sheela meaning
Sheela (शीला) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin.
Good disposition or character, moral conduct, virtue; habit, custom; form, beauty
Also used to mean: good conduct
Sheela (शीला) comes from Sanskrit śīla. Monier-Williams gives its first sense as habit, custom and usage, a natural or acquired way of living or acting, and then the sense that made it a name: good disposition or character, moral conduct, integrity, morality, piety and virtue. It can also mean form, shape and beauty. In Buddhism śīla is moral conduct, one of the perfections, and pañca-śīla the five precepts. Name lists give Sheela as "good conduct" or "character", the dictionary meaning. The compound Susheela, "of good character", is closely related. English spellings include Shila and, under the influence of the Irish name, Sheila.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1079 · entry śīla · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śīla, p. 1079
Spellings
Sheela · Shila · Sheelaa