Sheela (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | Hindi Sanskrit |
Origin | |
Meaning | "character" "good conduct" |
Region of origin | India |
Other names | |
Related names | Sheila |
Sheela (Hindi : शीला) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "character" and "good conduct".
Notable people named Sheela
- Sheela Bhattarika, a 9th-century Sanskrit poet from India
- Sheela (born March 22, 1945), Indian actress
- Sheela Basrur (born October 17, 1956 – died June 2, 2008), Canadian physician
- Sheela Gautam (born November 15, 1931), 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
- Sheela Peryroyl, from Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson's tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons