Shai

Where Shai comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shai.

  • Vowel-ended
Shai through the years
  1. 1965
    Shai Piron born
    Israeli politician
  2. 1971
    First appearance
    #3,963 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1987
    Shai Maestro born
    Israeli pianist
  4. 2007
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 2023
    Peak, #977
    224 babies named Shai, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Shai Piron · Israeli politician, born 1965
  • Shai Maestro · Israeli pianist, born 1987
  • Shai Wosner · Israeli pianist, born 1976
  • Shai Livnat · Israeli swimmer, born 1984
  • Shai Hermesh · Israeli politician, born 1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.