Combination name or variant of Shayla/Shelia
Shalia is a modern American coinage, likely created as a blend of names like Shayla and Talia, or as a phonetic variant of Sheila. While its exact roots are fluid, it is often associated with the Gaelic meaning of 'from the fairy palace' or the Hebrew meaning 'dew of God' depending on the parent names it is derived from.
Less common today
Shalia isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,414 in 1995.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
