Question or prayer; or from the meadow
Shailah is a modern name with dual potential roots. It is often used as a variant of the Hebrew name Sheila (meaning 'question' or 'prayer') or as a phonetic spelling of the Irish name Shayla, which derives from the surname Shea, meaning 'stately' or 'from the meadow'.
Less common today
Shailah isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,142 in 1999.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
