Sila
Sila is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
Sila · Sıla
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Turkey, United States, Arabic and Persian countries
- Also spelled
- Sıla
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 246 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Sila
If you do not know Sila’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sila,” in English, “Guten Tag Sila,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Sila,
German
Guten Tag Sila,
French
Bonjour Sila,
Spanish
Estimado/a Sila:
Chinese
Sila您好：
Japanese
Sila様
English
Hi Sila,
German
Hi Sila,
French
Salut Sila,
Spanish
Hola Sila,
Chinese
Sila你好：
Japanese
Silaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | rare | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
| Arabic and Persian countries | rare | woman's name |
| Romania | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 246 female · 246 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sila a male or female name?
Sila is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Sila in an email?
If you do not know Sila’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sila,” in English, “Guten Tag Sila,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Sila a unisex name?
Sila is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Sila a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sila. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sila,
title = {Is Sila a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sila},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}