Sile
Sile is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Youthful.
What Sile means
Youthful.
Sile is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Sile comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Sile is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Sile?
In the girl name rankings we track, Sile falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Sile
We group Sile under the long-established classics. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Classic
Names like Sile
These share Sile's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Siobhan — God is gracious.
- Caitlin — Pure.
- Ciara — Dark-haired one.
- Keira — Little dark-haired one.
- Seamus — Supplanter; one who follows.
- Sullivan — Dark eyes.
- Cassidy — Curly-haired; clever.
- Ciaran — Little dark one.
- Daithi — Swift and nimble; beloved.
- Desmond — From South Munster.
- Kieran — Little dark one.
- Sophia — Wisdom.