Entry № 9469 · Sanskrit origin

Shaila Shaila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHIE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mountain (Parvati Mountain Goddess)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "mountain (parvati mountain goddess)".

Shaila is from the Sanskrit Śailā.

Mountain (Parvati Mountain Goddess) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शैला
Transliteration
Śailā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃaɪ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shaila stands.

Shaila does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Shailas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Parvati / Shailaputri Navaratri
Sanskrit mountain-born + Parvati mountain goddess consort of Lord Shiva + daughter of Himavan + Shailaputri first of Navadurga + first day of Navaratri + Devi Mahatmya
Hindu Devi

Names connected to Shaila.

The number behind Shaila.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shaila reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.