Seila as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Seila

What is the meaning of the name Seila ?

The baby name Seila is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAY-lah (/ˈseɪlə/) or SEE-lah (/ˈsiːlə/).

Seila is English, Gaelic, Hebrew, Latin, Roman in Origin.

Seila is a multicultural given name with several plausible sources. In Khmer, it reflects the Pali word sela, "stone/rock," and is used for both genders, signaling steadiness and resilience. Across South Asia and the diaspora it also appears as Seila/Shaila from Sanskrit shaila, "mountain," yielding the sense of "of the mountain"; related forms include Shaila, Shail, and Saila.

In Celtic-Anglophone settings, Seila can serve as a stylistic variant of Sheila, the Anglicized Irish Sile, itself from Latin Caecilia; the traditional gloss is "blind," more neutrally "of the Caecilius family." A Hebrew-adjacent parallel is Sela, "rock," which is etymologically separate but semantically aligned. Attested in modern Cambodia and as a contemporary respelling of Sheila in Iberian and Latin American usage, Seila remains uncommon yet familiar through its variants: Sheila, Shelagh, Sheyla, Sheela, Sela, and Shaila.