Sile Forename
133,165th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,962 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ireland
Sile Forename Definition:
An Irish (Erse) variant of Sheelah. Pronounced Seelay.
Sile Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52% | 768 | 1:231,204 | 9,524 |
| Ireland | 100% | 594 | 1:7,817 | 628 |
| Niger | 97% | 255 | 1:75,231 | 3,139 |
| India | 66% | 222 | 1:5,472,423 | 202,856 |
| Romania | 100% | 215 | 1:93,265 | 4,206 |
| Indonesia | - | 146 | 1:1,766,874 | 93,967 |
| United States | 79% | 98 | 1:3,699,357 | 50,635 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| England | 100% | 56 | 1:992,909 | 16,559 |
| South Africa | 65% | 48 | 1:1,136,097 | 41,500 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71% | 48 | 1:169,840 | 14,736 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 38 | 1:607,261 | 21,231 |
| Turkey | 96% | 38 | 1:2,047,413 | 14,402 |
| Brazil | 100% | 35 | 1:6,121,033 | 89,466 |
| Zambia | - | 32 | 1:495,462 | 11,424 |
| Albania | 100% | 28 | 1:108,806 | 7,321 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 18 | 1:1,021,082 | 27,989 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Cambodia | 53% | 14 | 1:1,162,381 | 17,251 |
| Senegal | 89% | 13 | 1:1,121,643 | 9,904 |
| Taiwan | 70% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Thailand | 67% | 12 | 1:5,838,818 | 101,178 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 9 | 1:226,666 | 15,149 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Guinea | - | 6 | 1:1,976,441 | 4,482 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Australia | - | 6 | 1:2,276,270 | 19,652 |
| Italy | 64% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Canada | - | 6 | 1:5,522,229 | 52,759 |
| Peru | 50% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Switzerland | 62% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Nepal | 80% | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Mauritania | 75% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 4 | 1:7,612,485 | 167,458 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Germany | 69% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| France | - | 1 | 1:66,470,340 | 85,030 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
The alternate forms: Síle (39), Silé (7) & Şile (1) are calculated separately.
Sile (4,595) may also be a surname.
Sile Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An Irish (Erse) variant of Sheelah. Pronounced Seelay.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Silent.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Sile Forename Popularity
Sile Demographics
Average Sile Salary in
United States
$44,748 USD
Per year
Rank:
186,027 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.0941E-5
Rank: 47,602 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
102.8%
Sample size: 57 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Sile Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sile in the Russian language | ||
| Силье | sile | - |
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