How to write “Sheila” in Korean
실라 sil-la
What Korean friends call you
- 실라야 sil-la-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 실라 씨 sil-la-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Sheila
- 실라 30 (83%)
- 쉴라 6 (17%)
Korean labels of 36 people named Sheila on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Sheila, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Sheila Jackson Lee — 실라 잭슨 리
- Sheila Jordan — 실라 조던
- Sheila Young — 실라 영
- Sheila McCarthy — 실라 매카시
119,976 babies were named Sheila in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 387th most common name.
Block by block
- 실 = ㅅ + ㅣ + ㄹ · 6 strokes
Also in 실: Sylvia 실비아 · Priscilla 프리실라
- 라 = ㄹ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
Also in 라: Nicholas 니콜라스 · Ryan 라이언 · Isabella 이저벨라
실라 takes 11 strokes in all.
More names: Nora 노라 · Gerald 제럴드 · Tamara 타마라 · Lee 리 · Jay 제이
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