Sheila’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Sheila
Sheila's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Sheila's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Sheila: meaning and origin
Sheila is the anglicized form of the Irish name Síle, Behind the Name explains. Wikipedia says Síle is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning “heavenly”. Behind the Name lists its relatives across Europe, from Cecilia and the French Cécile to the Scottish Gaelic Sìleas.
Nicknames and variants
Behind the Name lists Shayla, Shelia, Shyla, Sheelagh and Shelagh as English variants, and Wikipedia adds Sheilagh. The spellings with -agh stay closest to the Irish Síle. Sheila has no common nickname in the sources: it is already short.
Famous people named Sheila
Sheila E., born Sheila Escovedo in Oakland, is known as the “Queen of Percussion”; she played with the George Duke Band before her debut album The Glamorous Life (1984). English aviator Sheila Scott broke over 100 aviation records, became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft in 1971, and was the first European woman to fly solo around the world. And Dame Sheila Hancock won an Olivier Award for Cabaret (2007).
Is Sheila a popular name?
Sheila is a mid-century name. US Social Security data has it entering the top 200 in the 1930s, rising to 62nd in the 1950s and reaching its best rank, 59th, in the 1960s, when more than 74,000 American girls were named Sheila. It fell to 119th in the 1970s and then left the top 200.
Sheila trivia
In Australia, sheila is also a word. Wikipedia’s guide to Australian English vocabulary lists “sheila” as slang for “woman”, derived from the Irish name Síle, commonly anglicized as Sheila. So a Sheila Down Under shares her name with a whole country’s slang.
Gift ideas that suit a Sheila
- For a drummer. Rhythms and setlists, in honor of Sheila E.
- For a pilot. Flight logs, for a name shared with record-breaking aviator Sheila Scott.
- For St. Patrick’s Day. Sheila comes from the Irish Síle.
- For a 60th birthday. Sheila peaked in the 1960s, so milestone birthdays are here.
How Sheila can use it
Any Sheila, of any age. The 6" x 9" size is roomy enough for proper writing and small enough for a handbag or school bag. With 160 plain lined pages there’s no fixed layout, so it can be a diary, a gratitude journal, a study notebook, a recipe book or a home for to-do lists. Notebooks tend to multiply in drawers, but one with her name on the front is instantly hers.
The little things that make it hers
There’s something about seeing your own name in print. It makes a notebook feel like it belongs to you, which is a good reason to fill it. It also means Sheila can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Sheila’s Notebook? About the size of a trade paperback book: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm), 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? It’s sold on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon prints and ships each copy and handles delivery and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes, the same apple blossom design comes in hundreds of girls’ names. Start at all name notebooks or our personalized name notebooks guide.
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